A location-based, computing system for use in an environment having a plurality of instruments that each have a computing system and an associated control panel display, the system comprising: a mobile client device for performing a remote desktop session with any of the plurality of instruments within the environment, the mobile client device having an associated mobile client device display; an indoor positioning system that is adapted to obtain location data indicative of a location of the mobile client device within the environment with respect to the plurality of instruments; and a server device that is in operational communication with the mobile client device and the indoor positioning system, the server device being operative to: receive the location data from the indoor positioning system and identify one of the plurality of instruments that is most proximate to the mobile client device; and notify the mobile client device that it can initiate a remote desktop session with one of the plurality of instruments that is most proximate to the mobile client device; wherein the mobile client device is configured and operative in response to the notification to launch a remote desktop session between the mobile client device and the one of the plurality of instruments to provide on the mobile client device display a replica of an image on the control panel display of the one of the plurality of instruments so as to permit control of the one of the plurality of instruments from the mobile client device via the remote desktop session. a mobile client device for performing a remote desktop session with any of the plurality of instruments within the environment, the mobile client device having an associated mobile client device display; an indoor positioning system that is adapted to obtain location data indicative of a location of the mobile client device within the environment with respect to the plurality of instruments; and a server device that is in operational communication with the mobile client device and the indoor positioning system, the server device being operative to: receive the location data from the indoor positioning system and identify one of the plurality of instruments that is most proximate to the mobile client device; and notify the mobile client device that it can initiate a remote desktop session with one of the plurality of instruments that is most proximate to the mobile client device; wherein the mobile client device is configured and operative in response to the notification to launch a remote desktop session between the mobile client device and the one of the plurality of instruments to provide on the mobile client device display a replica of an image on the control panel display of the one of the plurality of instruments so as to permit control of the one of the plurality of instruments from the mobile client device via the remote desktop session. receive the location data from the indoor positioning system and identify one of the plurality of instruments that is most proximate to the mobile client device; and notify the mobile client device that it can initiate a remote desktop session with one of the plurality of instruments that is most proximate to the mobile client device; wherein the mobile client device is configured and operative in response to the notification to launch a remote desktop session between the mobile client device and the one of the plurality of instruments to provide on the mobile client device display a replica of an image on the control panel display of the one of the plurality of instruments so as to permit control of the one of the plurality of instruments from the mobile client device via the remote desktop session.