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Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps
Overview
Understand Location Based Services.
Work with Windows Phone Location Service.
Understand how Maps work.
Create a simple Map application and learn to use Geocoding, Pushpins.
Discover Directions with Bing Maps Directions.
Build two real-world windows phone applications using Eventful.com and AOL Patch.com API In Detail
Windows Phone 7.5 has met with some great initial reviews from all mobile critics. It is poised to be the 3rd eco-system for mobile, joining Apples iOS and Googles Android platform. With Microsoft and Nokia working on multiple devices based on Windows Phone, the platform is a no-brainer enterprise success. Microsoft Office, Email, Skype and a fresh new mobile operating system has been a great champion of a cause for both Microsoft and Nokia.
Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications will teach you to divein to the new Windows Phone Experience. No more 600 page bibles - just the right mix of text and lots of code to get you started!
Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications covers location based services and maps, and focuses on methods of location detection and maps. Powered with this information, two real-world applications are covered. In short, this is a concise book on building location aware apps for Windows Phone.
What you will learn from this book
Understand all about Location Based Services and know how they are used in the Windows Phone ecosystem.
Work with Location Services and location simulation for Windows Phone.
Get to grips with Maps - Behind the scenes: How maps work.
Understand and work with Bing Maps and the Bing Maps Silverlight control.
Work with Launchers & Choosers for Windows Phone.
Explore BingMapsTask for Local Search and BingMapsDirections for Directions.
Understand Eventful.com API and build an Events App for Windows Phone.
Work with AOL Patch.com API and build an App using the same approach
This is a practical, hands-on tutorial based on real-world applications, using real-world 3rd Party APIs, teaching the essential tricks to get started in building location aware apps for Windows Phone. With plenty of images and code wherever necessary, this book will take you just a few days to get up to speed, no long weekend classes, no bible to read, a few chapters and you are off.
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First published: July 2012
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Author
Zeeshan Chawdhary
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Zeeshan Chawdhary has over six years of experience in the Web and Mobile space. With a career spanning from developing 3D mobile games at Indiagames Ltd to leading the location-based space at Wcities, Inc. as the Chief Technology Officer, Zeeshan has been able to learn quite a lot in the Mobile and Web domain and in a short space of time.
Among his key achievements is the pioneering use of the right mix of open source and proprietary software to create a technology stack based on clients' needs. He has developed location-based solutions for Nokia (with 5 million hits per year!) on a scalable cloud platform using Rackspace Cloud. He enjoys working with PHP, PostGIS, and PhoneGap. He has immense experience in making startups use location data effectively for their growth, from startups such as Foursquare to hotel industry bigwigs such as Marriott, from mobile giant Nokia to airline king American Airlines; he has worked with them all.
Zeeshan Chawdhary currently serves as the CTO of Wcities, Inc. where he is working on connected-car technologies. He can be reached at <>.
Firstly, I am grateful to God, for he made me what I am. Coming to Earth, I would like to thank my parents, who have always been supportive of my love of books and computers. I would also like to thank my wife Sundus, who has been a great support while I wrote this book in the wee hours. I would also like to thank my brother and sister, for enduring me all these years.
John Baird is the founder of Xamlware, a professional consulting firm specializing in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 development. John has 30 years of experience in designing, coding, and implementing software solutions.
John co-founded the Northern Delaware .Net Users Group, is heavily involved in the local .NET communities, and travels extensively, presenting to user groups, code camps, and special interest groups. John is also a four-time recipient of Microsoft's MVP award for Windows Phone 7.
Feyaerts David has worked on .NET technologies for more than three years. After completing a Bachelor's degree in Informatique and System, he worked as a Software Engineer at BizzDev (Belgium).
David works predominantly on C# and .NET, and was quickly promoted to a project leader. He works on multiple projects such as desktop applications (ERP), mobile applications (Windows Mobile and Windows Phone), ASP.NET websites, and so on.
To validate his expertise on .NET technologies, David is both a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Silverlight 4.
As a mobile developer for his employer he participates in development of an e-Health application for Windows Phone. He appreciates the Windows Phone platform as it is easy to use and provides new opportunities for design.
During this personal time, David also works independently as a developer for Windows Phone applications. At the time of writing, he was working on his ninth application.
Ian Lackey worked as a systems engineer for a St. Louis-based ISP from 1999 to 2002. At that time, he began developing web applications using ASP and migrated to ASP.NET shortly before the 2.0 release. Ian now works as a full-time developer for the Pediatrics department of Washington University's School of Medicine. He also runs a small business, DigitalSnap Inc. (http://www.digitalsnap.net), which primarily provides custom Silverlight software, LightSwitch applications, individual DotNetNuke modules (http://www.itlackey.net), as well as custom and commercial Windows Phone 7 applications.
Ian is currently involved in community-driven areas such as the OpenLight Group (http://www.openlightgroup.net), which manages open source projects including several DotNetNuke modules and many Silverlight-based applications. He has also co-authored a book with Michael Washington (Building Websites with DotNetNuke 5, Michael Washington and Ian Lackey, Packt Publishing) , and was one of the reviewers for the book Windows Phone 7 Data Cookbook, Ramesh Thalli, Packt Publishing . Ian currently lives in a small town in Illinois, just east of St. Louis, with his wife Julie and two daughters, Britney and Brooklynn.
To my favorite ball player and my favorite dancer Keep doing what you love, loving what you do, and simply be your beautiful self!
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