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Its All About Location: A Location Technology Tutorial
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Table of Contents:
Definition and Overview
1. The Backdrop
2. The Challenges of History
3. The New World Environment
4. TCS: The Present and Future with Voyager (TM) and the Xypoint® Location Platform
5. Conclusion
Self-Test
Glossary
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Self-Test
1. In their simplest form, location services require:
a. A positioning technology
b. A location services platform
c. Applications
d. All of the above
2. Positioning technologies calculate the physical location of the user and communicate this to the locations services platform.
a. True
b. False
3. There is one suitable preconceived system that is available for all services providers in all parts of the world.
a. True
b. False
4. The complexities of telecommunications systems include:
a. Differentiated pricing models
b. Multi-party payment flows
c. Pre-paid services
d. All of the above
5. Key issues of location technology services include:
a. Cost of entry
b. Return on investment
c. Profitable partner alliances
d. Feature integration
e. All of the above
6. Multi-site installations are resilient to inter-site network failures.
1. True
2. False
7. Assisted GPS (A-GPS) is primarily a handset-based technology.
a. True
b. False
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