Location-Based Services

Jochen Schiller, Agnès Voisard - Collection Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

255 pages, parution le 05/11/2004

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Résumé

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.

L'auteur - Jochen Schiller

Jochen Schiller, Ph.D. (Univ. of Karlsruhe) is head of the Computer Systems and Telematics Working Group in the Institute of Computer Science, Free University of Berlin, and a consultant to several top 100 companies in the networking and communication business. He is the author of the book Mobile Communications (2001, Addison Wesley).

L'auteur - Agnès Voisard

Agnès Voisard is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Free University of Berlin and a System Architect at Kivera, Inc. Her research interests include data models for geographic and environmental information systems, interoperability in information systems, and navigation systems.

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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.

This book is ideal for any LBS professional, including IT managers, technical staff, and associates who want to have a general understanding of the topic.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Elsevier
Auteur(s)	Jochen Schiller, Agnès Voisard
Collection	Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Parution	05/11/2004
Nb. de pages	255
Format	19,5 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	738g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781558609297
ISBN13	978-1-55860-929-7