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Location-based information systems [electronic resource] : developing real-time tracking applications / Miguel A. Labrador, Alfredo J. Perez, Pedro M. Wightman

Author
Labrador, Miguel A.
Published
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxviii, 259 pages)
Additional Creators
Wightman, Pedro M. and Perez, Alfredo Jose
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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 -- A. Installing the software development environments (SDE).
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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9780429165672 (e-book : PDF)
9781466550728 (e-book)
9781439848548 (hardback)
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