Implementation of Location based Services in Android using GPS and Web Services
Location based Services offer many advantages to the mobile users to retrieve the information about their current location and process that data to get more useful information near to their location. With the help of A-GPS in phones and through Web Services using GPRS, Location based Services can be implemented on Android based smart phones to provide these value-added services: advising clients of current traffic conditions, providing routing information, helping them find nearby hotels.
In this paper, we propose the implementation of Location based services through Google Web Services and Walk Score Transit APIs on Android Phones to give multiple services to the user based on their Location.
Keywords: Android Mobile Operating System, Location Based Services, Web Services, A-GPS
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Manav Singhal
Manav Singhal is pursuing Integrated Post Graduation in Information and Communication Technology from ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior. His areas of interests include Mobile computing, Cloud Computing and had won many National awards in Android Application Development. He won Best Application Awards in Social and Business Category in Indian Android Developer Contest 2011, Pune.
Anupam Shukla
Anupam Shukla is the Professor in the ICT Department of ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior. He received his Ph.D. in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering in 2002 from NIT Raipur. He has 22 years of teaching experience. He has published around 70 papers in various national and international journals/conferences. He is the Editor and Reviewer in various journals.
Manav Singhal
Manav Singhal is pursuing Integrated Post Graduation in Information and Communication Technology from ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior. His areas of interests include Mobile computing, Cloud Computing and had won many National awards in Android Application Development. He won Best Application Awards in Social and Business Category in Indian Android Developer Contest 2011, Pune.
Anupam Shukla
Anupam Shukla is the Professor in the ICT Department of ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior. He received his Ph.D. in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering in 2002 from NIT Raipur. He has 22 years of teaching experience. He has published around 70 papers in various national and international journals/conferences. He is the Editor and Reviewer in various journals.
