TY - BOOK AU - Labrador,Miguel A. AU - Wightman,Pedro M. AU - Perez,Alfredo Jose TI - Location-based information systems: developing real-time tracking applications T2 - Chapman & Hall/CRC computer and information science series SN - 9781439848548 (hardback) AV - TK5105.65 .L33 2010 U1 - 006.76 LAB/Loc 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Location-based services N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "The book provides a comprehensive introduction to developing location-based information systems based on GPS-enabled cellular phones. It describes all of the components needed to develop a location-based information system and provides readers with the opportunity to build an example application. Chapters cover obtaining a user's location, storing and retrieving data, communicating over a network, Java ME Web services, and visualizing data. In the theoretical chapters, the authors address location provider architectures, the hardware and software architecture of a mobile phone, the Java ME platform, and other important programming aspects for mobile phones"-- ER -