It includes two meanings: one is to determine the geographical location of mobile devices or users; The second is to provide various location-related information services. Refers to all kinds of service systems related to positioning, referred to as "positioning service", and another name is MPS-Mobile? Location? Service, also known as "mobile location service" system.
For example, find the current geographical location of mobile phone users, and then find the names and addresses of hotels, cinemas, libraries, gas stations, etc. Within 6340 square kilometers of Shanghai, the current location of mobile phone users is within 1 kilometer. Therefore, LBS is to complete the two functions of positioning and service between fixed users or mobile users with the help of Internet or wireless network.
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The 9 1 1 incident in 20065438 also made the American public aware of the importance of location services. Therefore, in order to achieve the goal of E9 1 1, location based service's business has gradually developed. In a sense, it is E9 1 1 that urges mobile operators to invest a lot of money and strength in the research of location services, thus giving birth to the LBS market.
Although the concept of LBS has not been put forward for a long time, its development has a long history. LBS first developed from the United States, originated from the Global Positioning System (GPS) deployed for military applications, and then began to be used in surveying and mapping, vehicle tracking and positioning and other fields.
After the commercialization of GPS, a large number of applications with positioning as the core function have emerged. It was not until the end of 1990s that LBS and its related technologies were widely valued and applied.
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Baidu encyclopedia -LBS