Location-Based Services

Description:

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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction - Jochen Schiller and Agnès Voisard

Chapter 1 General Aspects of Location Based Services - Sarah Spiekermann 

 Chapter 2 Case Study: The Development of the Find Friends Application - Mark Strassman and Clay Collier 

 Chapter 3 Navigation Systems: A Spatial Database Perspective - Shashi Shekhar, Ranga Raju Vatsavai, Xiaobin Ma, and Jin Soung Yoo

 Chapter 4 Middleware for Location-Based Services - Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto 

 Chapter 5 Database Aspects of Location-Based Services - Christian Jensen

 Chapter 6 LBS Interoperability Through Standards - Lance McKee 

 Chapter 7 Data Collection - Joerg Roth 

 Chapter 8 Data Transmission in Mobile Communication Systems - Holger Karl