Location-Aware Applications

Table of Contents

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About This Book

About the Cover Illustration

1. LBS, the big picture

Chapter 1. Location-based services: an overview

1.1. What are location-based services?

1.1.1. Key components of an LBS

1.2. Today’s commercial and consumer LBSs

1.2.1. GPS in the transportation industry

1.2.2. GPS compared to RFID

1.2.3. Emergency response services

1.2.4. Service locator applications

1.2.5. Social networking applications

1.3. Challenges of developing mobile LBSs

1.3.1. Cost of access

1.3.2. Handset manufacturers and operators

1.3.3. Privacy legislation and public perception

1.4. Future opportunities of LBS

1.4.1. The contextual Holy Grail

1.5. Summary