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...

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Main Authors: Labrador, Miguel A. (Author), Perez, Alfredo Jose (Author), Wightman, Pedro M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2011
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".
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)