Location-based information systems : developing real-time tracking applications
"The book provides a comprehensive introduction to developing location-based information systems based on GPS-enabled cellular phones. It describes all of the components needed to develop a location-based information system and provides readers with the opportunity to build an example applicati...
| Main Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press ,
c2011
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| Series: | Chapman & Hall/CRC computer and information science series
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| Summary: | "The book provides a comprehensive introduction to developing location-based information systems based on GPS-enabled cellular phones. It describes all of the components needed to develop a location-based information system and provides readers with the opportunity to build an example application. Chapters cover obtaining a user?s location, storing and retrieving data, communicating over a network, Java ME Web services, and visualizing data. In the theoretical chapters, the authors address location provider architectures, the hardware and software architecture of a mobile phone, the Java ME platform, and other important programming aspects for mobile phones". |
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| Physical Description: | xxviii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255) and index |
| ISBN: | 1439848548 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781439848548 (hardback : alk. paper) |