{"id":1196,"date":"2014-03-06T09:59:59","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netstart-systems.eu\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2015-04-28T07:39:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T06:39:58","slug":"location-based-services-wie-und-womit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techhub.eu\/en\/location-based-services-wie-und-womit\/","title":{"rendered":"Location Based Services – What technology to use."},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/div>\nVision Mobile has published an excellent overview on LBS technology. On mobiles API’s they write: ‚The key feature of the APIs provided by all the major platforms is that they insulate you from the underlying technology used to acquire location\/direction information. As might be expected, given this is the core enabling technology for location based apps and services, the features offered across the main platforms are fairly uniform, as shown in the following table‘:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\niOS (7)<\/th>\nAndroid (4.x)<\/th>\nWindows Phone 8<\/th>\nHTML5<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Location providers<\/td>\nGPS and GPS\/Cell\/WiFi<\/td>\nGPS and Cell\/WiFi<\/td>\nGPS\/Cell\/WiFi<\/td>\nPlatform specific, mainly GPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location (lat\/long)<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Altitude<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Direction of travel<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Direction facing<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes, sensor API<\/td>\nYes, sensor API<\/td>\nYes, Orientation API<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geocoding\/Reverse Geocoding<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Background tracking<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nPlatform dependent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the article on Developer Economics many more details for the use LBS Services can be found. A great read which you may find here:<\/p>\n

Developer Economics zu LBS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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