Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications -- Table of Contents -- Windows Phone 7.5: Building Location-aware Applications -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. The Location-based World -- Understanding location-based services -- Buzzwords in the location-based industry -- Applications of LBS and common use cases -- How Microsoft uses LBS in Windows Phone 7.5 -- Microsoft Location Service -- Behind location-based services - GPS -- User segment -- Space segment -- Control segment -- Push and pull methods of location services -- Push service -- Pull service -- Life without GPS: Wi-Fi based location detection -- Life without GPS: Cell-ID positioning and cell tower triangulation -- Life without GPS: Bing Maps API -- Understanding indoor and outdoor navigation -- Summary -- 2. Using Location in Windows Phone 7.5 -- Introduction to Windows Phone 7.5 -- Live Tiles -- Panorama control -- Pivot control -- App Connect -- Tools for Windows Phone 7.5 developers -- Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone -- Microsoft Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone -- XAML -- Windows Phone Location Service -- Starting and using the Location Service -- Continuous monitoring of the Location Service -- Working with the Windows Phone location simulator -- Summary -- 3. Using Maps in your Windows Phone App -- Understanding map geometry -- Overview of the Windows Phone Bing Maps Silverlight Control -- Using maps in your Windows Phone 7.5 app - Hello Maps.

Using pushpins with maps -- Custom map pushpins -- Using an image as the pushpin -- Using your own pushpin style -- Handling pushpin events -- Working with Bing Maps geocoding and reverse geocoding services -- Launchers and Choosers - An Overview -- Using directions with Bing Maps directions task -- Performing local searches with BingMapsTask -- Summary -- 4. Events App - PacktEvents -- Exploring the Eventful.com API -- Extending the Hello Location example for showing nearby events -- Filtering events by categories -- Plotting events on Bing Maps -- Building the PacktEvents app using Panorama control -- Summary -- 5. Location-aware News App - PacktNews -- Understanding the Patch News API -- Authentication -- Taxonomy -- Finding stories by location -- Finding locations by name -- Consuming the Patch News API - HelloNews -- Building the PacktNews app using the Silverlight for Windows Phone 7.5 Pivot control -- Summary -- Index.