Location based services are primarily used to accesses information and entertainment and is primarily available through mobile phones on a mobile network. It can be used to find people, places and things in a location. On many smart phones users now have the ability to ‘check in’ at places and it can then be published across mobile phone networks and on social networking websites.
Location based services can be used to navigate a person to a pre specified spot or to a person that has checked in at a place already. Currently location based services is also commonly used in a cars GPS system to navigate users to a destination.
In a pioneering experiment location based services was used to navigate first time users around a library. The recommended reading was flagged up and users could tailor there needs depending on what they were looking for. This could be applied in many different scenarios on a local or farther field basis.
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