Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications

Build your first Windows Phone application with Location and Maps with this book and ebook.

Key Features

• 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 ñ using Eventful.com and AOL Patch.com API

Book Description

What you will learn

• 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.

Who this book is for

If you are a developer who wants to develop apps for the Windows Phone 7 platform, but do not know where to begin, then this book is for you. Developers working on the Android and iPhone platform wishing to port their apps on the Windows Phone ecosystem will also find this book useful. The bundled code and apps can also help a non-developer; a smart business or sales person to quickly analyze and build new applications.This book is also aimed at Managers and Architects in the News and Entertainment industry; since two giants of this industry (Eventful.com and Patch.com) are mentioned extensively within the book.