Location Based Services (LBS) such as Foursquare , feest.je , Gowalla and Facebook locations have been around for a number of years. The services are mainly used by organizations in a commercial context. But why are they not used more by government institutions? There are so many fun and useful applications to think of. Moreover, a first experiment is simple and only takes some time. If you dare!
In this article I will give some ideas and examples of LBS by government institutions; for social media fanatics no 'rocket science'. I would like to show that such services are not only reserved for large commercial organizations but can be practically applied in direct contact with citizens.
Location Based Services are information and entertainment services that are accessible from mobile devices brother cell phone list via the internet. The services use the location of the mobile device ( Wikipedia ). The best-known example is Foursquare . Via the app you check in at the location where you are. This could be a café, office or train station, for example. You get points for the times you check in and friends can see where each other is and respond. The person who checks in the most times at a location is given the title of 'mayor'. The managers of locations can set up campaigns for the people who check in. A free cup of coffee for example or a movie ticket. Or your own bench at the metro station: