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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

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Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

Overview of this book

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 Apple's iOS and Google's 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.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface

Chapter 3. Using Maps in your Windows Phone App

Any book covering location is not complete without mentioning maps. Maps provide a great visual experience for location-based services. Maps are now a default feature on most smartphones as they provide a good graphical overview of information (usually geotagged data) around the user's location.

With custom pin markers and directions, maps also help users navigate to their destination easily. Most importantly maps give the user a feeling that "This place is around the next block, north from where I am standing," so decision-making happens quickly for the user.

In this chapter we shall cover the following topics:

  • Understanding map geometry

  • Overview of Windows Bing Maps Silverlight Control

  • Using maps in your Windows Phone application — Hello Maps

  • Using pushpins with maps

  • Custom map pushpins

  • Handling pushpin events

  • Working with Bing Maps geocoding and reverse geocoding services

  • Overview of Launchers and Choosers

  • Using directions with Bing Maps directions...

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