Location-Aware Applications

A location-aware application utilizes data from the GPS (global positioning system) capabilities built into mobile devices to integrate an individual’s location into the processing it performs. As GPS capabilities are built into more devices, applications will continue to deliver more location-aware solutions. Today, for example, users can run apps such as AroundMe to find restaurants, hotels, and other businesses near their current location. Likewise, users make extensive use of apps such as Google Maps for real-time driving directions, and apps such as Uber leverage GPS coordinates to make it easy to request transportation from your current location.

In the future, using the cloud and location-aware solutions, you will be able to track not only the packages you ship, but also stolen cars, lost luggage, misplaced cell phones, missing pets, and more.