Preface

The last decade has seen a boom in people becoming acclimated to location technology. Most users may not fully realize that they’re using location technology when they get an alert on their phone that there’s traffic on the way home, or when they get a coupon from an app on their phone for a local restaurant. Smart phones are no longer simply devices for making phone calls, texting, and checking email. For many people, they’ve not only replaced the heavy and clumsy map book that your passenger used to help you navigate, but these “phones” have also replaced the expensive in-dash GPS systems in our vehicles. It’s so easy today to say the name of a store or venue into your phone, and in seconds receive turn-by-turn directions. That’s not ...

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