Alasdair Allan

Geolocation in iOS (eBook, PDF)

Mobile Positioning and Mapping on iPhone and iPad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Take advantage of iPhone and iPad sensors and advanced geolocation technologies to build state-of-the-art location applications. In this concise hands-on guide, author Alasdair Allan (Learning iOS Programming) takes you deep inside Apples Core Location framework, Map Kit, and other iOS tools, using illustrative examples and sample Objective-C code. Learn how to build location-aware apps for both iPhones and iPads, using code that detects hardware features and then adjusts your apps behavior.If youre a programmer with iOS experience, or a Mac developer familiar with Objective-C, this book helps you get off to a solid start in location-based app development.Youll learn about:Core Location: Understand the significant-change location service and geo-fencing capabilitiesMap Kit: Embed maps into your applications viewsMagnetometer: Use the on-board sensor as a digital compassGeocoding capabilities: Translate geographic coordinates into place names, and vice versaHeat maps: Get a code walkthrough for displaying these maps on top of a standard MapKit viewThird-party SDKs: Add unique geo-location capabilities to your app from SkyHook Wireless, MapBox, and other providers

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781449358693
• Artikelnr.: 38311259

Autorenporträt

Alasdair Allan is a senior research fellow in Astronomy at the University of Exeter, where he is building an autonomous, distributed peer-to-peer network of telescopes that reactively schedule observations of time-critical events. He also runs a small technology consulting business writing bespoke software and building open hardware, and is currently developing a series of iPhone applications to monitor and manage cloud-based services and distributed sensor networks.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Core Location
Chapter 3: Map Kit
Chapter 4: Digital Compass
Chapter 5: Geocoding
Chapter 6: Drawing Heat Maps
Chapter 7: Further Information and Third-Party SDKs
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