A moving top-spatial keyword (M SK) query, which takes into account a continuously moving
query location, enables a mobile client to be continuously aware of the top-spatial web …

In spatial database outsourcing, a data owner delegates its data management tasks to a
location-based service (LBS), which indexes the data with an authenticated data structure …

A common functionality of many location-based social networking applications is a location
sharing service that allows a group of friends to share their locations. With a potentially …

Social networking and content sharing service providers, eg, Facebook and Google Maps,
enable their users to upload and share a variety of user-generated content, including …

The embedding of positioning capabilities in mobile devices and the emergence of location-
based applications have created novel opportunities for utilizing several types of …

Location based services are increasingly popular, partly due to the trend of smartphone and
online social network service adoption. However, it is important for location-based service …

This paper considers a novel distributed system for collaborative location-based information
generation and sharing which become increasingly popular due to the explosive growth of …

Location-based service (LBS) has been widely used in various fields of industry, and
become a vital part of people's daily life. However, while providing great convenience for …

A typical location-based service returns nearby points of interest in response to a user
location. As such services are becoming increasingly available and popular, location privacy …

Location-Based Services (LBSs) are one of the most frequently used mobile applications in
the modern society. Geo-Indistinguishability (Geo-Ind) is a promising privacy protection …