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| September 26, 2011 Data for the People, by the People: Designing Smartphone-based GISystems for Environmental Resource AssessmentLocation Based Services, SoftwareAccording to the most recent Nielsen data, smartphones comprise approximately 40% of mobile phones used by US citizens. As mobile device technologies (e.g., smartphones and tablets) are increasingly becoming an indispensable part of our lives, more and more companies are taking advantage of the GPS capabilities of these devices to provide powerful crowdsourced geospatial data ... read more September 6, 2011 A Quarter of Adult Americans Use Location-Based ServicesGIS News, Location Based ServicesA new survey by the Pew Internet and American Life project has found that 28% of Americans use mobile and social location-based services (LBS). The survey looked at the usage among American adults for such services as Foursquare and accessing mobile driving directions. The survey found that the dominate preference among adults (28%) using location ... read more June 26, 2010 Accessing Directions and Mapping Via Mobile Phone Growing in PopularityLocation Based ServicesThe use of accessing directions and maps via mobile phone is rising in the United States. A market study by comScore found that 14% of mobile phone users acquired directions from their phones during the month of April. That percentage represents 33.5 million users and is a 44% increase over the previous year. “People are increasingly ... read more February 21, 2009LBS – Location Based ServicesGPS, Industry and Subjects in GIS, Link LibraryLocation Based Services is a growing technology field that focuses on providing GIS and spatial information via mobile and field units. GPS Resources Global Positioning System (GPS) is a technology that uses the locations satellites to determine locations on earth. GPS is an essential tool for GIS because it allows for the gathering of data that ... read more |
