Brimicombe / Li Location-Based Services and Geo-Information Engineering

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-85738-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Mastering GIS: Technology, Applications & Management

Location-Based Services (LBS) are the delivery of data andinformation services where the content of those services istailored to the current location and context of a mobile user. Thisis a new and fast-growing technology sector incorporating GIS,wireless technologies, positioning systems and mobilehuman-computer interaction. Geo-Information (GI) Engineering is thedesign of dependably engineered solutions to society's use ofgeographical information and underpins applications such as LBS.These are brought together in this comprehensive text that takesthe reader through from source data to product delivery.
This book will appeal to professionals and researchers in theareas of GIS, mobile telecommunications services and LBS. Itprovides a comprehensive view and in-depth knowledge for academiaand industry alike. It serves as essential reading and an excellentresource for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students inGIScience, Geography, Mobile Computing or Information Systems whowish to develop their understanding of LBS.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brimicombe, Allan

Li, Chao

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mastering GIS Series: Foreword
Preface
1 The Context of Location-Based Services
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Information Society
1.3 The Digital City
1.4 The New Mobility
1.5 Outline of Following Chapters
2 Technological Convergence: Towards Location-BasedServices
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Internet and World Wide Web
2.3 New Information and Communication Technologies
2.4 Geographical Information Systems
2.5 Convergence of Technologies
3 GIS and Geo-Information Engineering
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Where is . . . ? How Do I Get there?
3.3 Defining GIS
3.4 Exploring GIS Software
3.5 Issues of GIScience
3.6 GI Engineering: the Rise of Ubiquitous GIS?
4 Location-Based Services
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Are Location-Based Services New?
4.3 From Locating Services to Location-Based Services
4.4 E911 and E112 Mandates
4.5 Keitai
4.6 LBS Architecture
4.7 Application Areas
4.8 Implications of LBS for GIScience
5 Data for Location-Based Services
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Size and Granularity of the Problem
5.3 Data Collection Technologies
5.4 Data Quality Issues
5.5 Organizing and Accessing Data
6 Locating the User
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Positioning Technologies
6.3 Global Positioning System
6.4 Network-Based Positioning Technologies
6.5 Short Range Positioning Technologies
6.6 Hybrid Positioning Approaches
7 Context in Location-Based Services
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Context and Context-Awareness
7.3 Context in LBS
7.4 Environment as Context
7.5 Technology as Context
7.6 User as Context
7.7 Dynamics of Context
8 The Spatial Query
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Geometric Data
8.3 Topological Data
8.4 Attribute Data
8.5 Indexing Spatial Databases
8.6 Issues of Data Temporality
8.7 Spatial Queries
9 Communication in Location-Based Services
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Modes of Communication in LBS
9.3 Maps in LBS
9.4 Issues Around Modes of Communication in LBS
9.5 Learning from Spatial Information
9.6 Multimodal and Context-Aware Modes of Communication
10 The Business of Location-Based Services
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Emerging Sectors
10.3 Emerging Products
10.4 Standardization Issues
10.5 Legal Issues
10.6 Social Issues
10.7 Conclusions
Acronyms
References
Index