Welcome to the Location Data Blog!

Businesses that want to thrive must improve their performance across different functions to retain and increase market share. Nowadays, companies are tapping into a powerful form of business intelligence to achieve this goal: mobile location data. As a leading provider of geospatial information, Quadrant supplies data to customers that allows them to execute various analyses like measuring marketing ROI, site selection for expansion, benchmarking against competitors, and predicting performance. These analyses facilitate the optimisation of different operations which increases revenue and decreases costs.

In addition to enabling companies to measure performance and drive growth, location intelligence plays a key role in addressing socio-economic problems. Researchers from a renowned public research university study mobility patterns using mobile location data to gauge the accessibility and availability of transit services in Maputo – the capital province in Mozambique. Using the insights from their research and analysis, they suggested improvements in the city's transport infrastructure, to expand accessibility of public transit services to underserved areas.  

The mobile app landscape 

Developing a successful mobile application is not an easy task. The two top mobile app platforms, Google Play (Android) and App Store (iOS), had 3.48 million apps and 2.23 million apps respectively at the end of 2021. A multitude of apps across all categories results in cut-throat competition - which makes the task of making an app stand out quite challenging.  

Every city in the world has a particular cadence: a rhythm and pace established by the movement of its people over an extended period. Analysing this movement reveals vital information about a city’s predominant economic activities and social dynamics – among other distinguishing traits. A great way to analyse such movement is to leverage mobile location data.  

For businesses of various scales across a range of industries, the fundamental goal stays the same: to increase profit while keeping costs to a minimum. Location data, already utilized by marketing teams and agencies, can help increase the ROI when it comes to marketing.