Geospatial computing in mobile devices / Ruizhi Chen, Robert E. Guinness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Ruizhi, 1963-

Contributor:

Guinness, Robert E.

Series:

Artech House mobile communications series.

Mobile communications series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile geographic information systems.

Mobile computing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2014]

Place of Publication:

Boston : Artech House, ©2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geospatial computing includes utilizing computing devices and sensors to acquire, process, analyze, manage, and visualize geospatial data, which users can then interact with via a large variety of smart geospatial applications. Geospatial computing is a computational-demanding task, in terms of computation power, data storage capacity, and memory space. Therefore, it has primarily been performed on non-mobile computers. Recent developments allow smartphones to meet many of the demanded requirements for geospatial computing. This book addresses the topic of geospatial computing in smartphones, including positioning, mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and smart mobile applications. You are provided with aspects related to positioning methods, as well as solutions for geospatial data acquisition, processing, and visualization. This resource also covers various aspects of the application technologies, such as context detection and context intelligence.

Contents:

Introduction

Fundamentals of mobile positioning

GNSS positioning in mobile devices

Wireless positioning in mobile devices

Hybrid positioning in mobile devices

Mobile GIS

Mobile LBSs

Context awareness

Contextual reasoning

Future directions in mobile geospatial computing.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608075669

1608075664