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Location Platforms and Enablers

Research Service

Location-Based Services have evolved from simple applications based on mobile network location technologies at the end of the 1990s, to sophisticated GPS-enabled touch screen smartphones and thousands of LBS services available from third-party developers at a growing number of application stores.

The Location Platforms and Enablers Research Service covers data availability, navigation and LBS devices, the LBS value chain, and location technologies and infrastructures.

This Service Covers the Following Technology and Market Issues:

  • Identifying and Monetizing Opportunities for Location-Specific Content and Services
  • Data Availability
    • Digital Maps, Proximity, Real-time and Predictive Traffic Information, Points of Interest (POI), User-Generated Content
  • Location Based Services
    • Off-board Navigation, Local Search, Social Networking, Person Finders, Geotagging, Family Tracking, Advertising
  • Navigation and LBS Devices
    • Mobile Handsets, OEM Navigation, Personal Navigation Devices(PNDs), Outdoor GPS handhelds, Mobile Internet Devices, UMPCs, Netbooks, Laptops, PCs
  • LBS Value Chain
    • Carriers, GPS-Handset Vendors, Navigation Vendors, Application Developers, Infrastructure Providers, GPS Chipset Vendors, Digital Map and POI providers, Location Aggregators