HTML5 Geolocation by Holdener, Anthony T. III -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

HTML5 Geolocation

Preface

Audience for This Book Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Finding Our Way

Geolocation in the Past

Location B.C.E. Technology with Exploration Location in the 1900s

Public Availability of GPS Geolocation Now The Basics Ways to Locate

Global Positioning System (GPS) IP Address GSM/CDMA Cell IDs WiFi and Bluetooth MAC Address

Location and Location-Based Services (LBS) Geolocation Today

Mobile Applications

Social Media Applications Location-sharing Applications

Augmented Reality Applications

2. Geolocation: Latitude, Longitude, and More

What Are Coordinate Systems?

Latitude and Longitude

Decimal Degrees versus Degrees Minutes Seconds Conversion: DMS to Decimal Degrees Conversion: Decimal Degrees to DMS

Geodetic Systems and Datums

The Earth’s Shape Common Datum

WGS 84

Map Projections

Altitude, Course, and Speed

Geodetic Height

Vertical Datum

Course Speed

Accuracy

3. Geolocation API in Code

W3C Geolocation API

Current API Support Other Browser Solutions

Gears Other Mobile APIs geo-location-javascript

The W3C Geolocation API Does More The Geolocation Object Get the User’s Position

PositionOptions Cached Positions

Update the User’s Position

No Need for Polling Clearing a Watch Operation

Handling a Successful Request

Position Object Coordinates Object

Handling an Error from the Request

PositionError Object

Privacy

4. Geolocation and Mapping APIs

A Google Maps Example

The Google Maps API, Briefly

Map Options

Adding Geolocation to Google Maps

Adding Geolocation for Other Browsers

An ArcGIS JavaScript API Example

The ArcGIS JavaScript API, Briefly Adding Geolocation to Esri Maps

Support for Other Browsers

5. Saving Geographic Information

KML Shapefiles

Python Shapefile Library

Databases

SDE PostGIS MySQL

6. What You Can Do with Geolocation

Geomarketing

Specials and Offers Crowdsourcing Specialization

Geosocial

Continued Growth Automatic Check-in Two Way Street of Data

Geotagging

Digital Media and Geotagging Privacy and Geotagging

Geo-applications

Safety/Tracking Taxi Services Search M-Commerce Other Applications

HTML5 and Geolocation

Web Applications Supplementing LBS Web-Based LBS

About the Author

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