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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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