Location-based services [electronic resource] : fundamentals and operation / Axel K(uml)upper.
c2005Description: 1 online resource (xix, 365 p.) : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Location-based services.Online resources:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-351) and index.
What is location? -- Spatial databases and GIS -- Basics of wireless communications -- Cellular networks and location management -- Fundamentals of positioning -- Satellite positioning -- Cellular positioning -- Indoor positioning -- Interorganizational LBS operation -- Architectures and protocols for location services -- LBS middleware -- LBS : the next generation.