HTML5 Geolocation /
Truly revolutionary: now you can write geolocation applications directly in the browser, rather than develop native apps for particular devices. This concise book demonstrates the W3C Geolocation API in action, with code and examples to help you build HTML5 apps using the "write once, deploy ev...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sebastopol, CA :
O'Reilly,
2011.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Preface; Audience for This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Finding Our Way; Geolocation in the Past; Location B.C.E.; Technology with Exploration; Location in the 1900s; Public Availability of GPS; Geolocation Now; The Basics; Ways to Locate; Global Positioning System (GPS); IP Address; GSM/CDMA Cell IDs; WiFi and Bluetooth MAC Address; Location and Location-Based Services (LBS); Geolocation Today; Mobile Applications; Social Media Applications; Location-sharing Applications.
- Augmented Reality ApplicationsChapter 2. Geolocation: Latitude, Longitude, and More; What Are Coordinate Systems?; Latitude and Longitude; Decimal Degrees versus Degrees Minutes Seconds; Conversion: DMS to Decimal Degrees; Conversion: Decimal Degrees to DMS; Geodetic Systems and Datums; The Earth's Shape; Common Datum; WGS 84; Map Projections; Altitude, Course, and Speed; Geodetic Height; Vertical Datum; Course; Speed; Accuracy; Chapter 3. Geolocation API in Code; W3C Geolocation API; Current API Support; Other Browser Solutions; Gears; Other Mobile APIs; geo-location-javascript.
- The W3C Geolocation API Does MoreThe Geolocation Object; Get the User's Position; PositionOptions; Cached Positions; Update the User's Position; No Need for Polling; Clearing a Watch Operation; Handling a Successful Request; Position Object; Coordinates Object; Handling an Error from the Request; PositionError Object; Privacy; Chapter 4. Geolocation and Mapping APIs; A Google Maps Example; The Google Maps API, Briefly; Map Options; Adding Geolocation to Google Maps; Adding Geolocation for Other Browsers; An ArcGIS JavaScript API Example; The ArcGIS JavaScript API, Briefly.
- Adding Geolocation to Esri MapsSupport for Other Browsers; Chapter 5. Saving Geographic Information; KML; Shapefiles; Python Shapefile Library; Databases; SDE; PostGIS; MySQL; Chapter 6. What You Can Do with Geolocation; Geomarketing; Specials and Offers; Crowdsourcing; Specialization; Geosocial; Continued Growth; Automatic Check-in; Two Way Street of Data; Geotagging; Digital Media and Geotagging; Privacy and Geotagging; Geo-applications; Safety/Tracking; Taxi Services; Search; M-Commerce; Other Applications; HTML5 and Geolocation; Web Applications Supplementing LBS; Web-Based LBS.