Technologies
Providing location-based services involves several technologies.
- Position Determining Equipment (PDE) - identifies location of mobile device.
- Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) - a server that manages the location info from PDE.
- Geographic Information System (GIS) - geographic contents consists of streets, road maps, addresses, and points of interest.
- Location-specific content - used in conjunction with geographic content to provide the location of particular services.
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