The social implications of location-based services: An observational study of users

Journal of Location Based Services

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 156-181

  Abbas, Roba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

GPS; LBS; location information; location based services

Indexed keywords

DATA LOG; DIARY ENTRIES; LBS; LOCATION INFORMATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; PERSONAL SECURITY; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL IMPLICATION; SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE; USER ATTITUDES; VALUE ADDED SERVICE;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84859305348     PISSN: 17489725     EISSN: 17489733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17489725.2011.637970     Document Type: Article

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