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

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

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Author / Creator:Chawdhary, Zeeshan.
Imprint:Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2012.
Description:1 online resource (ii, 134 pages) : color illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Professional expertise distilled
Professional expertise distilled.
Subject:
Windows phone (Computer file)
Windows phone (Computer file)
Smartphones -- Programming.
Operating systems (Computers)
Application software -- Development.
Mobile computing -- Programming.
Application software -- Development.
Operating systems (Computers)
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11141168
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ISBN:9781849687256
1849687250
9781849687256
1849687242
9781849687249
9781849687249
1283519720
9781283519724
9786613832177
6613832170
Language / Script:Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
Notes:Includes index.
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
English.
Summary:Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps.
Other form:1-84968-724-2
Table of 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

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