Applications of location-based services: a selected review

  • Authors:
  • Jonathan Raper;Georg Gartner;Hassan Karimi;Chris Rizos

  • Affiliations:
  • Information Science, Northampton Square, City University, London, UK;Department of Geoinformation and Cartography, Vienna University of Technology, Erzherzog-Johannplatz 1, Austria;University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA;School of Surverying 2 SIS, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Location Based Services
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This article reviews a selected set of location-based services (LBS) that have been published in the research literature, focussing on mobile guides, transport support, gaming, assistive technology and health. The research needs and opportunities in each area are evaluated and the connections between each category of LBS are discussed. The review illustrates the enormous diversity of forms in which LBS are appearing and the wide range of application sectors that are represented. However, very few of these applications are implemented pervasively on a commercial basis as this is still challenging technically and economically.