Welcome to the Location-Based Services Resource Center. Location-based services are applications that perform based on a geographic region such as a city, town name, zip code, state, country, street address or mobile device location. Start your search here for Location-based services resources, articles, books, sample chapters, conferences, tools and downloads, webcasts and more. In the Location-Based Services Resource Center you’ll find links to:
- Webcasts including “Understand the Competitive Wireless Landscape,” and “Location-Based Search.”
- Free downloads including Loki, a location-based search navigation tool; the uLocate Mobile Application Platform (MAP), for network-based triangulation; and MeerMoi, a free location-based dating service.
- The article, "Geotagging Web Pages and RSS Feeds,” by Andrew Turner.
- The article, “J2ME and Location-Based Services,” by Qusay H. Mahmoud.
- The article, “Location-Based Search and the Internet,” by K-Praxis.
- Location-based services books that cover telecartography, location-based computing and services, IP location and mobile local search.
- The site for the O’Reilly Where Conference, plus articles from the most recent conference.
- Free location-based tools including Rakket, for social networking; and Navizon, a mobile location application.
- Sample chapters that discuss telegeoinformatics (current trends and future directions) and a history of location-based services.
- Location-based services conferences, downloads, sample chapters and webcasts.
- And more…