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This book explores the W3C Geolocation API, a specification that provides scripted
access to geographical location information associated with a hosted device.* This API
defines objects that can be used in JavaScript to ascertain the position of the device on
which the code is executed.
Truly revolutionary: now you can write geolocation applications directly in the browser, rather than develop native apps for particular devices. This concise book demonstrates the W3C Geolocation API in action, with code and examples to help you build HTML5 apps using the "write once, deploy everywhere" model. Along the way, you get a crash course in geolocation, browser support, and ways to integrate the API with common geo tools like Google Maps.
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Learn how geo information is gathered from different sources, depending on the device
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Discover how coordinate systems work, including geodetic systems and datums
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Use the API to collect location information from a user’s browser with JavaScript code
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Place geo information on a map using the Google Maps or ArcGIS JavaScript APIs
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Save geo data with databases, the Keyhole Markup Language, or the shapefile format
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Be familiar with several practical uses for geo data, such as geomarketing, geosocial, geotagging, and geo-applications
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A History of Modern Urban Operations
This book investigates the complexities of modern urban operations?a particularly difficult and costly method of fighting, and one that is on the rise. Contributors examine the lessons that emerge from a range of historical case studies, from nineteenth-century precedents to the Battle of Shanghai; Stalingrad, German town clearance, Mandalay,... | | Delivering Business Intelligence with Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2/E 2008Life is filled with decisions. Should I have the burger and fries or the salad for lunch? Should I get my significant other that new watch they’ve had their eye on, or should I buy them a new vacuum cleaner? Do I invest my holiday bonus or head for the casino? Should I buy this book or go browse the comics section? (Here is your first bit of... | | Translating Film Subtitles into Chinese: A Multimodal Study
This book examines three metafunction meanings in subtitle translation with three research foci, i.e., the main types of cross-modal interrelation, the primary function of semiotic interplay, and the key linguistic components influencing the subtitles. It goes beyond traditional textual analysis in translation studies; approaches subtitle... |
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