Location-based services offers many opportunities. For the mobile users, some examples of location-based service are:
- Requesting the nearest business or service
- Receiving alerts, such as warning of traffic jam
- Finding a buddy
Resource tracking
Taxis, service people, rental equipment, doctors, fleet scheduling
Finding Someone or something
Person by skill(doctor), navigation, weather, traffic, room schedule, stolen phone
Proximity-based notification(Push or pull)
Targeted advertising, buddy list, common profile matching (dating), automatic airport check-in
Proximity-based actuation(Push or pull)
Payment based upon proximity(EZ pass, toll watch)
