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Location-Based Services
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ALSO CALLED: Mobile Location-Based Services, Location Based Services, Mobile Positioning, LBS Services, LBS, Mobile Location Services, MLS, and Location Services
DEFINITION: Location-based services (LBS) are services that exploit knowledge about where an information device user is located. For example, the user of a wireless-connected smartphone could be shown ads specific to the region the user is traveling in. Location-based services exploit any of several technologies for knowing where a network user is geographically located. One is the Global Positioning
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MapXTreme Java Edition Data Sheet
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DATA SHEET:
MapXtreme Java is a 100% Java mapping engine designed to enable the use of location intelligence on the desktop, over the internet or through your organization intranet or extranet.
Posted: 17 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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MapXtreme Java v4.8.1
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TRIAL SOFTWARE:
This IT Download, MapXtreme Java v4.8.1 uses mapping and location-based decision and analysis support systems to make better strategic decisions.
Posted: 10 Mar 2008 | Published: 10 Mar 2008
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Deploying Location Intelligence in a SOA
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WHITE PAPER:
This white paper details how to effectively implement a secure, scalable SOA through the use of location technology.
Posted: 05 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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LOCATION-BASED SERVICES DEFINITION (continued): … System ( GPS), based on a collection of 24 Navstar satellites developed originally for the U.S. Department of Defense. A land-based GPS receiver uses these satellites to determine its location, within 50 meters to 100 meters. A location-based service could require that each of its users have a mobile device that contains a GPS receiver. A second approach is E911, an initiative of the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC) that requires wireless carriers to pinpoint a caller's telephone number to emergency dispatchers. E911 also ensures that carriers will be able to … Location-Based Services definition sponsored by SearchNetworking.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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