Title :
Simple Location-based Application Development for Mobile Phones
Author :
Dragos Titica;Octavian Fratu;Emil Stanescu;Simona Halunga-Fratu
Author_Institution :
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 1-3 Iuliu Maniu Blvd, 061071 Bucharest, Romania, E-mail: titicadragos@yahoo.com
Abstract :
This paper gives an overview about some of the most important components and services necessary to build location- based applications. As a practical example, it is described how a mobile device can estimate current position using a GPS receiver and how the information regarding our location is uploaded to an application server.
Keywords :
"Mobile handsets","Global Positioning System","Geographic Information Systems","Emergency services","Information technology","Receivers","Satellites","Ethernet networks","Measurement units","Transceivers"
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Services, 2007. TELSIKS 2007. 8th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1467-3
DOI :
10.1109/TELSKS.2007.4375927
