location services
Where you are
Location services is a device feature that determines geographic position using GPS, cell towers, Wi-Fi networks, or a combination of these.
Apps request access to location services for navigation, weather, finding nearby businesses, or tracking fitness activities.
The term often appears in privacy settings: Turn off location services to save battery.
The app needs location services to show restaurants near you.
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- geolocationDigital position identification
- mapsGeographic visual representations
- navigationDetermining position and course
coordinates · satellite · cell tower · latitude · longitude · blue dot · check-in · ping · privacy · apps · beacon · proximity · geotagging · compass · triangulation · whereabouts · pinpoint · signal
- Mappingmap, digital maps, compass rose, GPS, latitude
- smartphone featurescalling, texting, smartphone, cell phone, mobile phone
- trackerspet tracker, car tracker, phone tracker, fitness tracker, tracking device
- settingssetting, default, settings, template, configure
- sensors and trackerssensors, GPS trackers, pet trackers, fitness trackers, motion sensors
- telematicstelematics, telemetry, GPS tracking, fleet management, vehicle tracking
location servicesanti-tracking
Blocking online monitoring
anonymous browsing · VPN · airplane mode · privacy mode · incognito mode
location, service, locate, located, locating, locator, locale, locality, localize