Location-Based Information Systems Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications

Drawing on the authors' more than six years of R&D in location-based information systems (LBIS) as well as their participation in defining the Java ME Location API 2.0, Location-Based Information Systems: Developing Real-Time Tracking Applications provides information and examples for creat...

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Main Authors Labrador, Miguel A, Perez, Alfredo J, Wightman, Pedro M
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL CRC Press 2010
Chapman & Hall/CRC
Taylor & Francis
CRC Press LLC
Edition1
SeriesChapman & Hall/CRC computer and information science series
Subjects
cellular
Computer architecture and logic design
Computer Engineering
Computer networking and communications
Computer science
Computers
Computing and Information Technology
Connected Limited Device Configuration
control
device
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
Geography
Gps Fix
Gps Receiver
Human geography
import
Import Java
Import Javax
Indoor Positioning Systems
Information services
Information technology: general topics
Jar File
Java API
Java Enterprise Edition
Java SE
javax
JVM
LBS Application
Location Based Information Systems
Location-based services
main
Main Control Station
mobile
public
Public Void
Public Void Run
station
System Administration Functions
UDDI Registry
Virtual Machine
void
Web Service API
JVM
Gps Fix
Java API
Web Service API
Java SE
UDDI Registry
Import Java
Import Javax
Foreign Key
LBS
GSM Network
Connected Limited Device Configuration
Gps Receiver
Jar File
LBS Application
Public Void
Main Control Station
Java Enterprise Edition
Runnable Interface
System Administration Functions
Public Void Run
Location Based Information Systems
Indoor Positioning Systems
Web Services
Virtual Machine
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ISBN9781439848548
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9781000556711
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9780367383480
9781439848555
9781000556803
1000556719
1000556808
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0429165676
0367383489
DOI10.1201/b10149

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Table of Contents:
  • 7.2.4.3 Inserting Geographical Data in a Table -- 7.2.4.4 Retrieving Geographical Data -- 7.2.4.5 Useful Geometric Operators -- 7.3 Accessing the Database Using Java -- 7.3.1 Connecting to the Database via JDBC -- 7.3.2 Data Insertion -- 7.3.3 Data Queries -- 7.4 pgAdmin III: Postgres's Database Administration Tool -- 7.4.1 Creating a New Database -- 7.4.2 Creating a New Table Using the Wizard -- 7.4.3 Using the SQL Execution Module -- 7.5 The Database and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 8: Sending and Receiving Data: Communications -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Generic Connection Framework (GCF) of the CDLC -- 8.3 The Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) -- 8.3.1 A TCP Client Example -- 8.3.2 A UDP Client Example -- 8.3.3 A Generic Server Example -- 8.3.4 A TCP Server Example -- 8.3.5 A UDP Server Example -- 8.3.6 A HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Example -- 8.4 The Wireless Messaging API (WMA) -- 8.4.1 A Multimedia Messaging Service Example -- 8.5 Communications and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 8.5.1 A Java ME Tracking MIDlet Using UDP -- 8.5.2 Server-Side Application -- 9: Java ME Web Services -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 An Overview of Web Services -- 9.3 The Web Services API (WSA) -- 9.3.1 The JAX-RPC Package -- 9.3.2 The JAXP Package -- 9.4 A Web Service Example -- 9.4.1 Web Service Creation -- 9.4.2 MIDlet Creation -- 9.5 Web Services and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 10: System Administration -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 The World Wide Web (WWW) -- 10.2 Google Web Toolkit -- 10.3 Creating System Administration Functions -- 10.3.1 Client-Side Code -- 10.3.1.1 Creating System Administration Functions -- 10.3.1.2 Remote Procedure Calls in GWT -- 10.3.2 Server-Side Code -- 10.3.3 Compiling and Deploying the Application with GWT -- 10.4 System Administration and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 11: Data Visualization
  • 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Visualizing the Users' Positions in Google Maps -- 11.2.1 Conguring the GWT Project -- 11.2.1.1 Import the Library into the GWT Eclipse Project -- 11.2.1.2 Configure the GWT Project .xml File -- 11.2.2 Client-Side Code -- 11.2.3 Server-Side Code -- 11.3 Google Earth -- 11.3.1 KML Language -- 11.3.2 Generating KML Documents Dynamically -- 11.3.3 Embedding Google Earth in a Web Application -- 11.3.3.1 The GWT JavaScript Native Interface -- 11.3.3.2 Loading Google Earth in a GWT Web Application -- 11.4 Data Visualization and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 12: Processing the Data -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Mobile Device-Side Processing -- 12.3 Server-Side Processing -- 12.3.1 Finding the Closest Friend -- 12.3.2 Integration of LBIS and Wireless Sensor Networks for Situational Awareness -- 12.4 Processing the Data and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- A Installing the Software Development Environments (SDE) -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 Server-Side Software Development Environment -- A.2.1 Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) Standard Edition -- A.2.2 GlassFish Application Server -- A.2.2.1 Administrator Information and Communication Ports -- A.2.2.2 Recommended Options -- A.2.2.3 Special File Replacement -- A.2.2.4 Starting and Stopping the Application Server -- A.2.3 Postgres -- A.2.3.1 Administrator Information -- A.2.3.2 Communication Port -- A.2.4 PostGIS -- A.2.4.1 Database Information -- A.2.5 JDBC Drivers -- A.2.6 Registering the Database in the Server -- A.2.6.1 Creating a Connection Pool -- A.2.6.2 Creating a JDBC Resource -- A.3 Server-Side Application Development Environment -- A.3.1 Registering NetBeans -- A.4 Client-Side Application Development Environment -- A.4.1 Sun Java Development Kit -- A.4.2 Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and the GWT Maps API -- A.4.3 The Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
  • A.4.4 Installing the GWT in Eclipse -- A.5 Mobile-Side Software Development Environment -- A.5.1 Cellular Phone Emulators -- A.5.1.1 Sprint Wireless Web Toolkit (SWWT) -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Dedication -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Table of Contents -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Definition and Classification of LBS -- 1.1.1 Types of LBS Applications -- 1.2 Location Provider Architectures -- 1.3 A Complete LBIS Real-Time Tracking System Example -- 1.4 Software Architecture -- 1.4.1 Client-Side Software Architecture -- 1.4.2 Server-Side Software Architecture -- 1.5 A Brief Look into the Future -- 1.6 Organization of the Book -- 2: The Mobile Phone -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Hardware Architecture -- 2.2.1 The Microprocessor -- 2.2.2 Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) -- 2.2.3 The GPS Receiver -- 2.2.4 Memory -- 2.2.5 Future Trends and Challenges -- 2.3 The Software Architecture -- 2.3.1 The Java ME Virtual Machine -- 2.3.1.1 The Execution Engine -- 2.3.1.2 The Heap -- 2.3.1.3 The Garbage Collector -- 2.3.1.4 The Loader -- 2.3.1.5 The Verifier -- 2.3.1.6 The Thread Manager -- 2.4 The Mobile Phone and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 3: The Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Java ME Platform -- 3.3 The Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) Layer 1.1 -- 3.3.1 Java Programming Language and Virtual Machine Features -- 3.3.2 Libraries and APIs -- 3.4 The Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) Layer 2.0 -- 3.5 Optional Packages -- 3.6 The Java ME Platform and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 4: MIDlet Development -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 MIDlets -- 4.3 A Hello World MIDlet -- 4.4 The User Interface API -- 4.4.1 Lists, Text Boxes, Forms, and Alerts -- 4.5 The Media API -- 4.6 The Record Management System API -- 4.6.1 Working with Record Stores and Records -- 4.7 Security -- 4.7.1 Information Security Goals and Mechanisms -- 4.7.2 MIDlet Security -- 4.7.3 Network Security -- 4.8 Privacy
  • 4.9 MIDlet Development and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 5: Other Important Programming Aspects -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Memory Management -- 5.3 Concurrency -- 5.3.1 Defining and Starting Threads -- 5.3.2 Stopping Threads -- 5.3.3 Joining, Interrupting, and Sleeping Threads -- 5.3.4 Monitors and Locks -- 5.3.5 Waits and Notifications -- 5.4 Dynamic Linking -- 5.5 Energy Management -- 5.6 Other Important Programming Aspects and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 6: Obtaining the User's Position -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Global Positioning System (GPS) -- 6.2.1 The Format of the GPS Navigation Message -- 6.2.2 Lateration -- 6.3 The GSM Cellular Network -- 6.3.1 Cell Identification or Cell ID -- 6.3.2 Enhanced Cell Identification -- 6.3.3 Enhanced Observed Time Difference (E-OTD) -- 6.3.4 Uplink-Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDoA) -- 6.3.5 Assisted GPS (A-GPS) -- 6.4 Indoor Positioning Systems -- 6.4.1 Indoor Positioning Techniques -- 6.4.2 Skyhook's Hybrid Positioning System (XPS) -- 6.5 The Location API 2.0 -- 6.5.1 Improvements from Version 1.0 -- 6.5.1.1 Criteria and LocationProvider -- 6.5.1.2 ProximityListener -- 6.5.1.3 Landmark and LandmarkStore -- 6.5.2 New Features -- 6.5.2.1 Landmark Exchange Formats -- 6.5.2.2 Geocoding -- 6.5.2.3 Map User Interfaces -- 6.5.2.4 Navigation -- 6.6 Obtaining the User's Position and the LBIS Tracking System Example -- 7: Storing and Retrieving the Data: The Database -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Background -- 7.2.1 Design of the LBIS Tracking System Database -- 7.2.2 Structure of a Relational Database -- 7.2.3 The Structure Query Language (SQL) -- 7.2.3.1 Data Definition Language (DDL) -- 7.2.3.2 Data Manipulation Language (DML) -- 7.2.3.3 Data Retrieval -- 7.2.4 PostGIS and Geographical Databases -- 7.2.4.1 Structure of PostGIS -- 7.2.4.2 Creating a Table with Geographical Columns