Abstract:
Location Based Services (LBS) are mobile services that have the capability to provide real time information based on the user’s location, Geographical Information System (GIS) has been the core of LBS in order to provide all the functionalities in LBS. They also open a new area for developers and cellular service network operators. Location-based services offer many merits to the mobile clients.
The main objective of this research is to understand the benefits of using GIS through mobile phone programs by designing a program to help citizens and visitors when they need to reach a police public Service center for citizens in Khartoum within the city, Explore the current technology capabilities of GIS and mobile phone systems such as android to link the spatial information of the user to help making decisions also Provides information when the user and visitors submit site queries and directories to the correct and best route to reach the destination.
The goal of the research is to enable new people or visitors to know the way and how to reach the desired places, enable people to find alternative routes they do not know to reach the destination and Enable people to find the best route.
The methodology of research used is very flexible and can be used and applied to many projects and applications and can be used especially to fine hospitals, universities, airports, buildings that constantly change according to the country to make decisions and follow the shortest and best bath to reach those places.
In this system, several software’s was employed and used in order to complete the required production.
