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

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Labrador, Miguel A [author]

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TextSeries: Chapman & Hall/CRC computer and information science seriesPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 259 pages) : color illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781439848555
1439848556
9781466550728
1466550724
9781439848548
1439848548

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Location-based information systems.DDC classification:

006.7/6 22

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TK5105.65 .L33 2011eb

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EBSCOhost

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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.