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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
by Zeeshan Chawdhary
Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
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
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
XAML
Windows Phone Location Service
Starting and using the Location Service
Continuous monitoring of the Location Service
Working with the Windows Phone location simulator
Summary
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
4. Events App - PacktEvents
Exploring 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
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 7.5 Pivot control
Summary
Index
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