Western Digital Blog – 12.27.21
Smartphones are gold mines of technologies that power countless uses. Accelerometers and gyroscopes offer utility and quality-of-life features, but the GPS built into the phone is chief among them. Modern phones and other mobile devices provide near real-time location data, and the value of this data has not been lost on the industry; location data alone is a $12 billion market.
Source: Redrawing the Map: How Location Data Drives Innovation