Location Services and Bing Maps in WP7

Overview

Geolocation inWindows Phone 7

Location Services

Bing Maps

Metro UI Guidelines

Futures (Mango)

Accuracy

Position

Heading

Maps Control

Getting API Keys

Marketplace

Opt-in

Settings Page

Geo-support inEmulator

Background Tasks

Location in WP7

UsesGeo-tagging (tweets, pictures)Discovering services nearbySharing location with friends

GeoCoordinateWatcher

Does EVERYTHINGGets location (altitude, lat / long)Gets course and speedCan control what mechanisms it uses to grab location

GeoCoordinateWatcher (Code)

DEMO

GeoCoordinateWatcher Demohttps://github.com/Aaronontheweb/wp7-location-services-demo

Gotchas

PositionChanged event never fires in the emulatorThis is changing in Mango

No background tracking yetComing in Mango

GeoPositionAccuracy.High DESTROYS battery lifeMeant for real-time geotrackingUse GeoPositionAccuracy.Default to conserve power

Bing Maps

You don't have to code anything

Includes default templates for everything

Get a free developer key from http://www.bingmapsportal.com/

Bing Maps (Code)

DEMO

Bing Maps Demo https://github.com/Aaronontheweb/wp7-maps-demo

Marketplace / Metro UI / Privacy Guidelines

Privacy is a big concern..User needs to be able to control how their data is usedAll location-data must be opt-inApp is tested for privacy policy compliance in marketplace

What Developers Need to DoProvide Yes / No prompt to users giving Geolocation consent upon first application run

Provide settings page where user can change settings at any time

Futures

Geolocation EmulatorReal Background TasksView the sessions online at Channel 9

Thanks!

Follow me ataaron@aaronstannard.com@Aarononthewebhttp://www.aaronstannard.com/

SourceLocation Services: https://github.com/Aaronontheweb/wp7-location-services-demoBing Maps: https://github.com/Aaronontheweb/wp7-maps-demo