Windows phone 7.5 : building location-aware applications : build your first Windows phone application with location and maps / Zeeshan Chawdhary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chawdhary, Zeeshan.

Series:

Professional expertise distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Windows phone (Computer file).

Smartphones--Programming.

Smartphones.

Operating systems (Computers).

Application software--Development.

Application software.

Mobile computing--Programming.

Mobile computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chaper 1: The Location-based World; Understanding location-based services; Buzzwords in the location-based industry; Applications of LBS and common use cases; How Microsoft uses LBS in Windows Phone 7.5; Microsoft Location Service; Behind location-based services - GPS; User segment; Space segment; Control segment; Push and pull methods of location services; Push service; Pull service; Life without GPS: Wi-Fi based location detection

Life without GPS: Cell-ID positioning and cell tower triangulation.Life without GPS: Bing Maps API; Understanding indoor and outdoor navigation; Summary; Chaper 2: Using Location in Windows Phone 7.5; Introduction to Windows Phone 7.5; Live Tiles; Panorama control; Pivot control; App Connect; Tools for Windows Phone 7.5 developers; Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone; Microsoft Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone 7; XAML; Windows Phone Location Service; Starting and using the Location Service; Continuous monitoring of the Location Service

Working with the Windows Phone location simulatorSummary; Chaper 3: Using Maps in your Windows Phone App; Understanding map geometry; Overview of the Windows Phone Bing Maps Silverlight Control; Using maps in your Windows Phone 7.5 app - Hello Maps; Using pushpins with maps; Custom map pushpins; Using an image as the pushpin; Using your own pushpin style; Handling pushpin events; Working with Bing Maps geocoding and reverse geocoding services; Launchers and Choosers - An Overview; Using directions with Bing Maps directions task; Performing local searches with BingMapsTask; Summary

Chaper 4: Events App - PacktEventsExploring the Eventful.com API; Extending the Hello Location example for showing nearby events; Filtering events by categories; Plotting events on Bing Maps; Building the PacktEvents app using Panorama control; Summary; Chaper 5: Location-aware News App - PacktNews; Understanding the Patch News API; Authentication; Taxonomy; Finding stories by location; Finding locations by name; Consuming the Patch News API - HelloNews; Building the PacktNews app using the Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 Pivot control; Summary; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613832177

9781283519724

1283519720

9781849687256

1849687250

OCLC:

808340928