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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Young Su Cho, Seoul, KR;
Sung JO Yun, Daejeon-si, KR;
Myung IN Ji, Daejeon-si, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method for providing a location service and a mobile terminal are provided. The location service providing method includes determining a positioning method based on location information of the mobile terminal and measurement information used for calculating the location of the mobile terminal, determining a map switch indicator by using at least one of the determined positioning method, the location information, and the measurement information, selecting a global map (i.e., the whole area map) or a local map according to the determined map switch indicator, and indicating the location of the mobile terminal on the selected map.