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
Summary
Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps
Notes
Includes index
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