Intel® Location Technologies Software Development Kit 1.0 (Intel® LTSDK)

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Published On: Friday, January 04, 2008 | Last Modified On: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

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Product Overview

The Intel® Location Technologies Software Development Kit 1.0 (Intel® LTSDK) provides a location identification engine and a location identification API to work across Intel mobile platforms, using multiple location data sources. The location engine obtains location information from multiple location sources, providing more coverage for your location-based applications and services.

The Intel LTSDK makes it easier and faster to develop and deploy compelling location-based applications and services tuned for the mobile world. From Intel notebooks or Ultra Mobile Platforms, your customers can now enjoy the freedom, flexibility, and security of location-based navigation and mapping, including finding places and friends, to tracking devices from anywhere.

Features and Benefits

Feature

Function

Benefit

Location API

Includes C++ and JavaScript* APIs for writing applications based on the location engine.

Faster time to market. Optimizes location-based services with enhanced usability, more location coverage, higher accuracy, and better performance.

Location Runtime

Supports location sources based on multiple location technologies:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Wi-Fi*

Reliable and accurate measurement for both indoor and outdoor location access. Enables seamless transition between differing contexts and activities. Mobile users are not locked into one location technology.

Wi-Fi Mapping Tool

Incorporates Wi-Fi mapping tools for creating access point mapping and Fingerprinting database to be used with the location engine.

Increased workforce productivity and efficiencies - enables IT organizations to easily map rooms, devices, and peripherals. Simplifies the management and support of mobile devices and assets by reducing complexities; as well as increases productivity with quick and easy ways to track devices and locate rooms and people across geographies, buildings, and floors.

Legacy Support

Provides a virtual GPS port with NMEA-0183 sentences.

Investment protection: works with legacy location-based services.

Plug-in Support

Location engine enables you to develop plug ins as additional location sources.

Easily integrates new location sources into the location engine.


Technical Requirements
  • Windows XP* (32 bit) or Windows Vista* (32 bit)
    • The Wi-Fi Mapping Tool requires Microsoft .NET* Framework Version 2.0 or higher
    • The Status Tool requires Microsoft .NET* Framework Version 2.0 or higher
  • Ubuntu* Linux* 7.04 with Kernel version 2.6.20 or higher, with the portmap package
  • Intel Notebooks and Ultra Mobile devices
Readme/FAQ

1. What can I develop with the Intel Location Technologies SDK 1.0 (Intel LTSDK)?

With the Intel LTSDK you can develop compelling location-aware applications and web-based applications. The Intel Location Technologies SDK enables developers and web providers, to easily build and deploy location-based solutions aimed at consumer and enterprise markets. Examples include:

  • Consumer – Find someone, something, turn-by-turn directions, geo-tagging, POI for OTG mobile computing
  • Enterprise - asset tracking, theft recovery

2. What do I need to get started for developing LBS application or web applications?

3. What location sources does the Intel LTSDK support?

  • GPS, IP, and WiFi

4. Where can I get support for the Intel LTSDK?

5. What are the licensing terms?

  • The Intel LTSDK is a preview release only, therefore cannot be distributed. For more details please review the Intel LTSDK licensing terms listed on download page

6. What platform and OS’s are supported by the Intel LTSDK?  

  • The Intel LTSDK is supported on Intel Mobile platforms, notebooks and Ultra Mobile PCs.
  • Windows Vista, Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux.

8. What programming interfaces does the Intel LTSDK support?

  • C++, JavaScript, and GPS Comm

Primary Technology Contact

Boaz Tamir, Manager of engineering for the development of the Intel LTSDK project at Intel R&D center in Haifa, Israel. Boaz joined Intel in 1997 and holds M.Sc degree in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

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