Location-based services fundamentals and operation
Location-based Services (LBSs) are mobile services for providing information that has been created, compiled, selected or filtered under consideration of the users' current locations or those of other persons or mobile devices. Typical examples are restaurant finders, buddy trackers, navigation...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley
c2005.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627015706719 |
| Summary: | Location-based Services (LBSs) are mobile services for providing information that has been created, compiled, selected or filtered under consideration of the users' current locations or those of other persons or mobile devices. Typical examples are restaurant finders, buddy trackers, navigation services or applications in the areas of mobile marketing and mobile gaming. The attractiveness of LBSs is due to the fact that users are not required to enter location information manually but are automatically pinpointed and tracked. This book explains the fundamentals and operation of LBSs and give |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-351) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781280241819 9786610241811 9780470092330 9780470092323 |
