Designating a software application which identifies the physical location of a computer, mobile phone, etc., and uses this to help determine how it responds to input from the user; relating to or involving such an application.
Origin
1990s.
Definition of location-based in US English:
location-based
adjective
Designating a software application which identifies the physical location of a computer, mobile phone, etc., and uses this to help determine how it responds to input from the user; relating to or involving such an application.