Section 10.4. Where Are We?

10.4. Where Are We?

In this chapter, you have seen how to develop:

• Real-time location applications using Location Server Web Service

• User, Contact, and Privacy Management applications using Location Server Web Service and the Server APIs

• Find nearby category management applications using the Location Server APIs

In the case of real-time location applications, the Location Server Web Service is hosted within your enterprise, providing a SOAP XML-enabled web service to obtain the real-time location of a provisioned mobile phone number from the mobile operator networks. For building server applications, you will need to access the server API assemblies directly so that you can build and use them on a Microsoft Location Server instance installed in your enterprise.

Finally, keep in mind that Microsoft Location Server works with different network providers to provide the real-time location using mobile phone numbers; the list of providers may change from time to time, and it is recommended that you check the Microsoft Location Server product home page (http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/products/locationserver/default.mspx) for up-to-date information about the supported network providers.