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Pro iOS Geo

Building Apps with Location Based Services

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Giacomo Andreucci
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  • Pro iOS Geo: Developing Apps with Location Based Services is a one of kind book for experienced iOS app developers looking to learn, use and integrate various geo-location based tools and APIs.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Getting started

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 3-19

  3. Web Apps

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Map-based Web App Basics: Hello World

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 23-42

    3. Map Controls and Styles

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 43-76

    4. Creating a GUI for the App with jQuery Mobile

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 77-93

    5. Overlays

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 95-144

    6. Implementing Geolocation

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 145-171

  4. Hybrid Apps

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Creating Hybrid Apps

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 175-199

  5. Native Apps with Apple Map Kit

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Introduction to the Core Location Framework

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 203-235

    3. Introduction to Apple Maps and the Map Kit Framework

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 237-260

    4. Displaying Objects on the Map

      • Giacomo Andreucci
      Pages 261-298

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 299-311
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About this book

Deepen your app development skills with Pro iOS Geo. This book shows you how to use geolocation-based tools to enhance the iOS apps you develop. Author Giacomo Andreucci describes different ways to integrate geo services, depending on the kind of app you’re looking to develop: a web app, a hybrid app, or a native app. You’ll discover how to use the Google Maps API features to integrate powerful geo capabilities in your apps with a little effort.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Design geographic features for your apps while respecting usability criteria
  • Design touristic geo apps
  • Use HTML5 and the Google Maps JavaScript API to implement powerful geo functions in your apps
  • Use Google Fusion Tables to display and query data in your maps
  • Transform your geo web apps into hybrid apps that can be submitted to the Apple App Store
  • Create native iOS geo apps using the new Apple Maps data through the Map Kit API
After reading Pro iOS Geo, you’ll have the knowledge and skills you need to add a geo dimension to all your apps, whether as a feature of a larger app— such as a social networking app that shows where friends are located in a selected area—or as the primary part of an app—such as a guide app that shows the monuments in your city. 

About the author

Giacomo Andreucci has a Ph.D. in History and Geography at the University of Bologna, Italy. His main research interests embrace the use of new media in historical and geographical/cartographical research. He is also tech writer for the Italian publisher FAG for which he wrote books on Google Earth/Maps API, SketchUp, etc. More information about his books are available here: http://www.fag.it/autore_andreucci_giacomo_181.aspx.

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