Contents
preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the cover illustration
Part 1 LBS, the big picture
- Chapter 1 Location-based services: an overview
- What are location-based services?
- Today’s commercial and consumer LBSs
- Challenges of developing mobile LBSs
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- Future opportunities of LBS
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- Summary
- Chapter 2 Positioning technologies
- What are positioning technologies?
- Cell ID
- Wireless positioning systems
- New positioning methods
- Summary
- Chapter 3 Mapping
- Mapping APIs
- Comparison of mapping APIs
- Map providers
- Browser-based location
- Summary
- Chapter 4 Content options
- Content licenses
- Content distribution formats
- Licensing content from third parties
- User-generated content
- Mashups
- Our coding mashup example
- Summary
Part 2 Technology 89
- Chapter 5 Consumer applications
- Navigating to a destination
- Connecting with other people or local places
- Entertainment or play
- New app development frontiers
- Summary
- Chapter 6 Mobile platforms
- Mobile phone trends
- How programming and distribution options are evolving
- Java ME
- Symbian
- iPhone and iPad
- Android
- webOS
- BlackBerry OS
- Windows Mobile
- LiMo
- MeeGo
- BREW
- Mobile development frameworks
- Testing
- Summary
- Chapter 7 Connectivity issues
- Key success factors in connectivity
- Security of location data
- Location-aware platform examples
- Summary
- Chapter 8 Server-side integration
- Server functionality
- Server APIs
- Spatial databases
- Performance
- Returning POIs example
- Third-party LBS servers
- Summary
Part 3 Creating winning LBS businesses
- Chapter 9 Monetization of location-based services
- The consumer as a source of revenue
- Businesses as a source of revenue
- Monetizing IP
- Summary
- Chapter 10 The privacy debate
- What do we mean by privacy?
- The privacy debate
- Who manages the privacy of LBS?
- Privacy legislation
- Complying with privacy legislation
- Summary
- Chapter 11 Distributing your application
- A product is only as good as its distribution
- Publishing your app
- App store discoverability
- Distributing through third parties
- Summary
- Chapter 12 Securing your business idea
- Strategic planning
- Funding your business strategy
- Securing your business strategy
- Summary
appendix A Java code examples referred to in chapter 2
appendix B Business plan outline
appendix C Term sheet for proposed investment
index
