Location-Based Services (eBook)

Jochen Schiller, Agnes Voisard (Herausgeber)

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2004 | 1. Auflage
255 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-049172-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Location-based services (LBS) are a new concept integrating a user's geographic location with the general notion of services, such as dialing an emergency number from a cell phone or using a navigation system in a car. Incorporating both mobile communication and spatial data, these applications represent a novel challenge both conceptually and technically.
The purpose of this book is to describe, in an accessible fashion, the various concepts underlying mobile location-based services. These range from general application-related ideas to technical aspects. Each chapter starts with a high level of abstraction and drills down to the technical details. Contributors examine each application from all necessary perspectives, namely, requirements, services, data, and scalability. An illustrative example begins early in the book and runs throughout, serving as a reference.
? This book defines the LBS field and identifies its capabilities, challenges, and technologies.
? The contributors are recognized experts from academia and industry.
? Coverage includes navigation systems, middleware, interoperability, standards, and mobile communications.
? A sample application, the 'find-friend' application, is used throughout the book to integrate the concepts discussed in each chapter.

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Location-based services (LBS) are a new concept integrating a user's geographic location with the general notion of services, such as dialing an emergency number from a cell phone or using a navigation system in a car. Incorporating both mobile communication and spatial data, these applications represent a novel challenge both conceptually and technically. The purpose of this book is to describe, in an accessible fashion, the various concepts underlying mobile location-based services. These range from general application-related ideas to technical aspects. Each chapter starts with a high level of abstraction and drills down to the technical details. Contributors examine each application from all necessary perspectives, namely, requirements, services, data, and scalability. An illustrative example begins early in the book and runs throughout, serving as a reference.* This book defines the LBS field and identifies its capabilities, challenges, and technologies.* The contributors are recognized experts from academia and industry.* Coverage includes navigation systems, middleware, interoperability, standards, and mobile communications.* A sample application, the "e;find-friend"e; application, is used throughout the book to integrate the concepts discussed in each chapter.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page 6
Copyright Page 7
Foreword 8
Contents 10
Introduction 12
Part 1: LBS Applications 18
Chapter 1. General Aspects of Location-Based Services 20
Chapter 2. Case Study: Development of the Find Friend Application 38
Chapter 3. Navigation Systems: A Spatial Database Perspective 52
Part 2: Data Management and Services in LBS 92
Chapter 4. Middleware for Location-Based Services 94
Chapter 5. Database Aspects of Location-Based Services 126
Chapter 6. LBS Interoperability Through Standards 160
Part 3: Aspects of Communication in LBS 184
Chapter 7. Data Collection 186
Chapter 8. Data Transmission in Mobile Communication Systems 218
Index 256
Contributor Biographies 264

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2004
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-049172-3 / 0080491723
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-049172-1 / 9780080491721