The Under-Appreciated Dimension of Time in Location-Based Systems

Empirical evidence from past studies has shown that current location-based services (LBSs) are not individually compelling enough to drive LBS adoption. To boost the adoption rate, researchers should consider an under-explored research area: the time dimension of location information. We provide examples of such LBSs that share past and future locations. We also describe several challenges for designing these types of LBSs.