Tomorrow's mobile applications must be smarter than ever, accessing and intelligently using a wide range of location data. In Mobile Location Services, leading mobile application consultant Andrew Jagoe presents the first end-to-end solutions guide to building and deploying location-based services and applications. Jagoe addresses every key development challenge and presents insightful case studies and interviews with key industry leaders.

Mobile location servers and the components of an end-to-end location-based solution
Spatial analysis: digital mapping, geocoding, routing, map image generation, and point-of-interest searches
Mobile positioning: using and augmenting GPS technology
Authentication and security in location-based applications
Personalization, profiling, and privacy
Mobile location clients: platform, protocols, languages, and localization issues
Key applications: navigation, emergency assistance, travel services, advertising/marketing, and more
Includes detailed appendices on the Geography Markup Language (GML), the Location Interoperability Forum's Mobile Location Protocol, and P3P privacy standards