Location-Aware Applications

List of Figures

Chapter 1. Location-based services: an overview

Figure 1.1. Makeup of a location-based service illustrating the four key components required to deliver a fully functional service to the user of the service

Figure 1.2. This iPad is running the Yellow Pages LBS application, currently one of the most downloaded iPad applications in the United States.

Figure 1.3. RFID chips come in all shapes and sizes, including implantable chips that can be used in the healthcare industry to diagnose disease, for example.

Figure 1.4. Global map of popular location-based mobile social networks across the globe, which have been increasing in popularity and count more than 60 million estimated members in total

Figure 1.5. Google’s Nexus One smartphone, ...