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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100 1 |a Labrador, Miguel A. ,   |e author 
245 1 0 |a Location-based information systems :   |b developing real-time tracking applications   |c Miguel A. Labrador, Pedro M. Wightman, and Alfredo Jose Perez 
260 |a Boca Raton, Florida :   |b CRC Press ,   |c c2011 
300 |a xxviii, 259 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
490 1 |a Chapman & Hall/CRC computer and information science series 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255) and index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. The mobile phone -- 3. The java platform micro edition (Java ME) -- 4. MIDlet development -- 5. Other important programming aspects -- 6. Obtaining the user's position -- 7. Storing and retrieving the data: the database -- 8. Sending and receiving data: communications -- 9. Java ME web services -- 10. System administration -- 11. Data visualization -- 12. Processing the data 
520 |a "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". 
650 0 |a Location-based services 
700 1 |a Perez, Alfredo Jose ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Wightman, Pedro M. ,   |e author 
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