The disclosed method and system provide extensible or stand-alone location
enabled services at granularity down to a stand-alone service. The
various interfaces are preferably specified via DTD or schemas for
communication based on XML. This collection of services enables
management of mobile device locations information, and real-time
services. Mobile device location is integrated with other location
sensitive data, such as maps or demographics of a particular region or
even the location of businesses and consumers to enable a richer service
offering for customers of wireless carriers and service providers.
Examples of such services include obtaining routes to a destination;
providing a geocode corresponding to an address; providing an address
corresponding to a geocode; providing maps as image files encompassing
specified geocodes, locations, or addresses and the like. Additional
services may be added to the disclosed system and method seamlessly due
to the use of extensible interfaces.