• The first comprehensive guide to building and deploying mobile location-based services

• Detailed coverage of mobile location servers, client platforms, protocols, and standards

• Mapping, geocoding, mobile positioning, security, personalization, privacy, and more

Foreword by Joe Astroth, Executive Vice President, Autodesk Location Services "I expect this comprehensive book to inspire a new generation of engineers and to help propel a new wave of independent software vendors. I only wish it was available to our staff as we developed some of our earliest services." —Joe Astroth,
Executive Vice President,
Autodesk Location Services The first start-to-finish guide to developing location-based services. Tomorrow's mobile applications must be smarter than ever, accessing and intelligently using a wide range of location data. In Mobile Location Services, leading mobile application consultant Andrew Jagoe presents the first end-to-end solutions guide to building and deploying location-based services and applications. Jagoe addresses every key development challenge and presents insightful case studies and interviews with key industry leaders.

• Mobile location servers and the components of an end-to-end location-based solution

• Spatial analysis: digital mapping, geocoding, routing, map image generation, and point-of-interest searches

• Mobile positioning: using and augmenting GPS technology

• Authentication and security in location-based applications

• Personalization, profiling, and privacy

• Mobile location clients: platform, protocols, languages, and localization issues

• Key applications: navigation, emergency assistance, travel services, advertising/marketing, and more

• Includes detailed appendices on the Geography Markup Language (GML), the Location Interoperability Forum's Mobile Location Protocol, and P3P privacy standards

CD-ROM INCLUDED The accompanying CD-ROM contains several useful tools for developing mobile location services, as well as a list of important resources on the Internet.