Location-based services are popular because people want to know what's good in their local area, and they want to connect to people around them.

基于位置的服务很受欢迎，因为人们想要知道他们本地地区有什么好东西，而且他们想要与其周围的人们取得联系。

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The purpose of all this, according to Apple, is to maintain a comprehensive location database, which in turn provides quicker and more precise location services.

据苹果公司介绍，其目的是维护一个完整的定位信息数据库，这将更快、更准确地提供定位信息服务。

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Camera already is important on cell phones for using third-party services like Amazon product search, barcode search and location informational services.

而且摄像头还有一个重要性体现在已经可以用一些第三方应用比如亚马逊的产品搜索，条形码搜索，地理位置信息服务等等。

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The driving experience itself is defined by mobility, so navigation, maps and location services are at the center of Garmin's K2 infotainment platform.

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That said, vendors need to address the mainstream use case of background media functions and location services for third parties to truly make their platforms valuable to users.

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As some helpful readers noted in my recent piece on Android, Apple may be trying to get away from Google with map and location services of its own.

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