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Location-Based Services

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Synonyms

Geographic information services; LBS; Location services; Mobile map services

Definition

Location-based services (LBS) provide targeted information to individuals based on their geographic location in real or near-real time, typically through wireless communication networks and clients such as portable computers, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, and in-vehicle navigation systems.

Historical Background

LBS have emerged from the convergence of three major technological trends: (i) geospatial technologies, including location-aware technologies, geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial databases; (ii) the Internet, and; (iii) information and communication technologies, in particular, personal computing devices and mobile communication. Some of these technologies date to the late 1960s and early 1970s. For example, the first GIS was developed in the mid-1960s, while the global positioning system, the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), mobile telephony...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Scott A. Bridwell & Harvey J. Miller

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  1. Scott A. Bridwell
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Correspondence to Scott A. Bridwell .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Ling Liu

  2. University of Waterloo School of Computer Science, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. Tamer Özsu

Section Editor information

  1. Mobile Information Systems Center (MOBIS), The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Ouri Wolfson

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Bridwell, S.A., Miller, H.J. (2018). Location-Based Services. In: Liu, L., Özsu, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8265-9_494

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