Location Services Beyond Maps, Directions, and Local Search

You may have noticed we like writing and thinking about the use of context and mobile user experience. Here is a list of possible uses of location beyond local search and directions. Please add more in the comments!

Location to reduce data entry

Weather

Traffic

Home finder

Parking/car finder

Location as substitute for some sort of NFC interaction

Order Starbucks

Graffiti wall

Enhanced serendipity

Near me

LBS date/meet (category)

Push local advertising

Tracking and geofencing

Dog tracker/fencer

House arrest systems

Area-based access

Area- or route-based billing

Asset tracking

Just-in-time information

Road trip concierge

Traveling salesman problem/errand optimizer

When do I leave for the meeting

What's for lunch further down the road and not behind me

Transit (e.g. bus arrival time)

Best taxi area

Airline tracking (when will plane land)

Building directory

Elevator arrival time

Tagging of locations

Geocaching

Geotagging (of other content types)

Friend finder

Locative media

Locative games & learning

Contextual task list (e.g., OmniFocus)

Beyond location as context

Altitude as context

Location-enhanced search (e.g. bookstore=context)

Asset locating as context (e.g. play video of DVD you picked up)

Weather as context

Public infrastructure & services

Emergency services (beyond 911, e.g. OnStar)

Public safety/security services category (best route to the fire, find fire hydrant, geotag all tickets...)

Public works category (City GIS Db integration, find the manhole...)

Location as data stream

Video blogging

More serendipity:
Gift-giving based on the recipient’s current location and what they’re currently nearby.

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These are pretty good. I think they should be refined further within the context of how each of them can generate a revenue stream. Are consumers ready to pay for a service that uses their current location? and if so what’s the model. Ideas are always a dime a dozen, building something that a customer is willing to pay for is priceless.

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