Location-Based Services and Geo-Information Engineering (Mastering GIS: Technol, Applications & Mgmnt) [Paperback]

Allan Brimicombe (Author), Chao Li (Author)

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Publication Date: August 25, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0470857374 | ISBN-13: 978-0470857373 | Edition: 1

Location-Based Services (LBS) are the delivery of data and information services where the content of those services is tailored to the current location and context of a mobile user. This is a new and fast-growing technology sector incorporating GIS, wireless technologies, positioning systems and mobile human-computer interaction. Geo-Information (GI) Engineering is the design of dependably engineered solutions to society’s use of geographical information and underpins applications such as LBS. These are brought together in this comprehensive text that takes the reader through from source data to product delivery.

This book will appeal to professionals and researchers in the areas of GIS, mobile telecommunications services and LBS. It provides a comprehensive view and in-depth knowledge for academia and industry alike. It serves as essential reading and an excellent resource for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students in GIScience, Geography, Mobile Computing or Information Systems who wish to develop their understanding of LBS.

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Location-Based Services (LBS) are the delivery of data and information services where the content of those services is tailored to the current location and context of a mobile user. This is a new and fast-growing technology sector incorporating GIS, wireless technologies, positioning systems and mobile human-computer interaction. Geo-Information (GI) Engineering is the design of dependably engineered solutions to society’s use of geographical information and underpins applications such as LBS. These are brought together in this comprehensive text that takes the reader through from source data to product delivery.

This book will appeal to professionals and researchers in the areas of GIS, mobile telecommunications services and LBS. It provides a comprehensive view and in-depth knowledge for academia and industry alike. It serves as essential reading and an excellent resource for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students in GIScience, Geography, Mobile Computing or Information Systems who wish to develop their understanding of LBS.

• Defines the field of Location-Based Services as set within technology convergence, GIS, mobile services and the need for robustly engineered solutions.

• Provides in-depth understanding of all aspects of LBS: wireless networks, positioning the user, context, spatial queries, communicating services and business models.

• Sets a comprehensive research agenda for LBS, GIScience and GI-Engineering.

• An invaluable text for students, professionals and researchers looking to develop their understanding of LBS and its engineering.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470857374
• ISBN-13: 978-0470857373
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars overview of LBS, March 11, 2010

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This review is from: Location-Based Services and Geo-Information Engineering (Mastering GIS: Technol, Applications & Mgmnt) (Paperback)

Brimicombe and Li offer a quick description of the possibilities of Location Based Services, at a level that deprecates the engineering and computing aspects. Hence the book can be read by a non-technical person, as well as by an engineer.

The prospects for LBS are promising and some applications may have global scope. We see that many existing LBS-type applications, and no doubt future ones, will likely be for users having cellphones. A necessary condition for LBS is where the user is mobile, and where the user's location and perhaps velocity are vital inputs to ascertaining the user's need for the LBS. When this is combined with the many users who own cellphones, and the ability of many phones to return some location information about themselves, then by default LBS is pragmatically equivalent to using this data.

However, at least for me, I found no compelling new LBS to leap out of the pages. If you want to read this book for such hints, perhaps you will have better luck.