These models have limited utility because they limit the ability to represent business realities. Location moves companies one step closer to modeling the reality of their businesses. For example, let's say a business has valuable information buried in files, folders, documents and tables scattered around the enterprise and wants to get at this information more easily. If much of the information has some form of location content, adding a location application server to the corporate warehouse exploits the location properties of warehouse holdings and provides location-based access to these data. Likewise, the location application server makes it easy to exploit business information holdings and keys on location properties to generate reports and maps with actionable business information.
Users can employ location as an organizing principle in their business.
Location for Business Advantage Location is a unifying theme in business. Spatial relationships, patterns and trends reveal invaluable business intelligence and add a critical dimension of information utility and understanding to business applications. Location awareness refers to applications or services that make use of location information. Location doesn't need to be the primary purpose of the application or service. Location awareness will often be an embedded capability within business applications and services.