Comments on: Do humans really need location based services?

By: Sachendra Yadav

Sachendra Yadav — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:07:40 +0000

Yes, people go to the same places again and again, but what makes location based services important is dynamic data. I may know the local restaurant but I want to know what specials they’re offering today. I know the local movie theater but I want to know the listings for today. I know the local shopping mall but I want to know what discounts they have on right now.

Covered this in detail on my blog

http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/what-i-want-from-local-search-on-my-mobile/

By: Smoothplanet » Blog Archive » Location-based services ?

Smoothplanet » Blog Archive » Location-based services ? — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:58:08 +0000

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By: Ola

Ola — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:49:39 +0000

i am one of those who rather live on 12km2 square but i would need location based services eg for a night club search, holidays etc.. i think that people search for addresses quite often. how to get to somwhere even if you live in a city center.. others would still search for a shop, car wasching .. gps in a mobile phone is a cool stuff for me

By: Weekly Points of Interest 2008-13-06 at Experience Matters

Weekly Points of Interest 2008-13-06 at Experience Matters — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:48:19 +0000

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By: Elibom

Elibom — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:07:42 +0000

Do we need LBS so badly?

Here I can possibly present one opinion from the consumer/end-user perspective. Before I really go to the details. I may review one simple concept and one theory here, which are “Home Range Concept” and “Traffic Pattern Theory”.

Home Range Concept. It is a concept that can be traced back to a publication in 1943 by W. H. Burt, who constructed maps delineating the spatial extent or outside boundary of an animal’s movement during the course of its everyday activities.

Traffic Pattern Theory. A people’s daily activity pattern is pretty regular, which comprises of several major events, such as school, work, home, shopping.

What happened here is if you are looking at the traffic pattern of a person, saying a full-time employed, 45 years, car, 3-person-household, one child, the regular activity route is so LIMITED. So, does this mean ….

reference
http://to.swang.googlepages.com/
http://to.swang.googlepages.com/lbs

By: Web Mobile - on the web on the move

Web Mobile - on the web on the move — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:43:58 +0000

Humans and LBS…

In your daily life you might know where things are and don’t need to search for them – but I see many other little problems to be solved and needs to be fulfilled:…

By: Do we need LBS? - Small Surfaces

Do we need LBS? - Small Surfaces — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:41:06 +0000

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By: Benedikt

Benedikt — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:10:20 +0000

Interesting post indeed. And the title is intriguing as it suggests that there might be someone else (machines, m2m, the web of things) who will make use of LBS more than we will do (location-based APIs?).

I agree on your thoughts that not everyone is going to use “Search nearby” – at least not all the time and for the reasons you and the two studies rightly pointed out.

But then the majority of people, though infrequently, does move to other locations than their most frequented ones and in this case (think of a holiday or a short trip) they surely will be using search.

In your daily life you might know where things are and don’t need to search for them – but I see other needs that can be fulfilled:

- know where your friends and contacts are (location aware social networking)
- get updates on news, events, concerts, get-togethers, etc. in your part of the city/your block (location-based news)
- share your thoughts on places (location tagging, geo bookmarking)
- discover new places
- …

This is at least what I would be using LBS for. User base of 1 understood, 500 million to go.

Cross-posted and commented at http://www.lewebmobile.com/2008/06/do-humans-really-need-location-based.html