This paper introduces an application for android mobile, which is implemented to provide the android mobile user to add, remove and review specific locations on the online map. The proposed applications also presents the basics navigation operations like showing directions with the optimal path between source and destination and calculating the distance and expected driving time. | International Journal of Computer Networks and Communications Security C VOL. 2, NO. 3, MARCH 2014, 113–118 Available online at: ISSN 2308-9830 N C S Design and Implementation an Online Location Based Services Using Google Maps for Android Mobile Dr. OMAR A. IBRAHIM1, KHALID J. MOHSEN2 1, 2 Computer Science Dept. College of Computer Science and mathematics Iraq, Mosul, Mosul University E-mail: , 2khalid_8823@ ABSTRACT People are travelling to many different places and they are unknown the directions and the route to be followed. Without knowing the directions, this may Cause to get the wrong way. To avoid this situation, many mobile applications are developed to help people to get the right directions. Unfortunately, most of this application doesn’t support many important features like add or delete some locations (hospitals, schools, restaurants, etc.) on map. This paper introduces an application for android mobile, which is implemented to provide the android mobile user to add, remove and review specific locations on the online map. The proposed applications also presents the basics navigation operations like showing directions with the optimal path between source and destination and calculating the distance and expected driving time. Google Maps APIs, Google Direction APIs, PHP, JSON and MySQL have been integrated and used in this application to obtain solutions. This application is a representation for client/server architecture, the android mobile serve as a client and the combination of PHP and MySQL database serve as a server. Keywords: Online Mapping, Google Maps API, MySQL, PHP, Google Directions API. 1 INTRODUCTION One of the most important uses of smartphones are Location Based Services (LBS). Location of smartphone can be easily identified due to special internally equipped chip that support the Global Positioning System (GPS). Using GPS along with Google map can help the user to discover .
