location services 101

Location Services 101

J. Michael Palermo IV @palermo4

Senior Developer Evangelist

developer.here.com

Agenda

Location, Location,

Location… Positioning Maps Beyond

Location Services 101 | September 23, 2017 © 2017 HERE

DATA

80%

Location Centric

Positioning

GEOLOCATION

The identification or estimation of

the real-world geographic location

of an object.

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GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS)

Implementations:• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Galileo

•北斗卫星导航系统• ГЛОНАСС

whatismyipaddress.com

INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM (IPS)

Process to locate an object inside

a building using sensory

information.

developer.here.com/documentation/positioning

Maps

Argentinian View International View

developer.here.com/documentation/map-image

developer.here.com/documentation/maps

GEOCODING

Resolving an address to

geolocation.

“301 E Orange St, Tempe, AZ 85281” 33.4177, -111.9343

REVERSE GEOCODING

Resolving geolocation to an

address.

33.4177, -111.9343 “301 E Orange St, Tempe, AZ

85281”

developer.here.com/documentation#geocoder

GEOFENCING

A virtual geographic boundary

developer.here.com/documentation/geofencing

GEOVISUALIZATION

Overlaying visual data on a map

developer.here.com/documentation/geovisualization

ISOLINES

A line on a map which connects

points of equal value• Time

• Distance

• Consumption

developer.here.com/documentation/routing

Beyond

Photo: AFP

Human and machine generated data need to be pooled into one

single system that can link people, places and things.

Location is the glue that will connect these disparate data sources.

Open Location Platform

(coming soon)

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