Geolocation in iOS

Alasdair Allan

ISBN 10: 1449308449 / ISBN 13: 9781449308445

Published by O Reilly Media, 2012

About this Item

The iPhone and iPad allow user positioning via multiple methods, including GPS. This book walks you through the basic tools you need to build geo-aware applications before diving into the available third-party geo-SDKs available for the iOS platform. Num Pages: 116 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RGW; UTW. Category: (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 232 x 168 x 8. Weight in Grams: 214. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geolocation in iOS
• Publisher: O Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449308449
• ISBN 13: 9781449308445
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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 Apple’s 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 app’s behavior.

If you’re 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.

You’ll learn about:

Core Location: Understand the significant-change location service and geo-fencing capabilities Map Kit: Embed maps into your application’s views Magnetometer: Use the on-board sensor as a digital compass Geocoding capabilities: Translate geographic coordinates into place names, and vice versa Heat maps: Get a code walkthrough for displaying these maps on top of a standard MapKit view Third-party SDKs: Add unique geo-location capabilities to your app from SkyHook Wireless, MapBox, and other providers

About the Author

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.