Location Based Services (LBS)
Computer applications (especially mobile computing applications) that deliver information tailored to the location and context of the device and the user
Explanation
Figure 1: The scientific fields within LBS, organised into seven broad areas: positioning, modelling, communication, evaluation, applications, analysis of LBS-generated data, social and behavioural implications of LBS.
Figure 2: Example application domains of LBS.
External resources
Outgoing relations
- Location Based Services (LBS) is part of Cartography
Contributors
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Haosheng Huang
http://cartogis.ugent.be/