Location Based Services Documentation

30-Oct-2008

Essential S60: Creating Location-Aware Applications
This Essential S60 booklet provides background information about positioning technology and location-aware applications, and also provides an introduction to the S60 APIs for developers using Symbian C++, Java ME, Web Runtime, or Flash Lite.
Document --- White Paper; Location Based Services, S60; English (en)

19-Jan-2009

S60 Platform: Location Example
This C++ code example implements a practical use case of location-based services. The example demonstrates a use case of requesting the global positioning system (GPS) location of another device via short message service (SMS) and displaying the distance to the device as well as its location. The updated example has been tested to support S60 5th Edition and touch UI. A self-signed version can be installed on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and newer devices.
Application --- Example; Location Based Services --- GPS, Messaging --- SMS, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition / S60 5th Edition, Symbian C++; English (en)

16-Nov-2007

S60 Platform: Positioning Simulation Tool
This package contains an updated simulationpsy tool that simulates positioning technology on the device, thus responding to applications' requests for position information. An accompanying simpsyconfiguration tool provides a configuration UI for developers to select a simulation data file for the simulation PSY. The tools can be installed on S60 3rd Edition or newer devices from Nokia.
Application --- Example; Location Based Services, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition, Symbian C++, Testing; English (en)

01-Sep-2005

S60 Platform: Landmarks Exchange Format Specification
This document specifies how mobile applications can exchange landmark information over cellular and local connectivity, supported from S60 3rd Edition onwards. The document also contains use cases and examples. Revision on August 29, 2006: minor editorial changes.
Document; Location Based Services, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition, Symbian C++; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

03-Nov-2006

MIDP: Location API Developer's Guide v2.0
This updated document describes the Location API for Java ME (JSR-179), which enables the development of location-based mobile applications. The three main features that the Location API brings to mobile programming are obtaining device location information, the possibility to create, edit, store, and retrieve landmarks, and the possibility to obtain device orientation information. This document also describes and illustrates the architecture of MIDP: Location API Example - Tourist Route.
Document; Java ... Location API (JSR-179) / MIDP, Location Based Services; Adobe PDF (.pdf); English (en)

06-Apr-2006

MIDP: Location API Example - Tourist Route
This Java MIDP example demonstrates the usage of the Location API for J2ME (JSR-179) by showing the current device coordinates. The MIDlet also shows how to store the current coordinates associated with location information to the device’s landmark store. The example complements MIDP: Location API Developer's Guide.
Application --- Example; Java ... Location API (JSR-179) / MIDP, Location Based Services, S60 --- S60 3rd Edition, Series 40 --- Series 40 3rd Edition; Zip Archive (.zip); English (en)