a service founded 2004 headquarters san francisco california key people rip gerber president and chief executive officer tom stahl chief operating officer louise frosell chief marketing officer jeff allyn svp sales walter beisheim svp business development naomi morita chief technology officer products locaid global cell id location xchange gateway locaider instant locate location services group number of employees 30 website www.loc aid.com locaid is a location as a service laas company based in san francisco california that provides a gateway for mobile location data and operates a secure privacy protected platform that aggregates the location of wireless providers subscribers for mobile developer use . locaid is subscriber approved to provide real time location for more than 350 million 1 smartphones feature phones tablets and mobile devices on all the tier 1 wireless networks in the u.s. canada and mexico including am rica m vil at & t 2 rogers sprint nextel t mobile and verizon wireless 2 locaid s privacy protected platform strictly requires mobile subscribers to opt in to receive location based services in order to ensure user compliance . 3 contents 1 clients 2 awards 3 see also 4 references 5 external links clients edit locaid uses cellular network location to triangulate mobile phone location . using network location versus gps enables more cell phones to be located indoors and in urban areas where gps signals are typically weakened . 3 for mobile developers the location gateway simplifies the technical and approval interfaces of location based services among mobile operators and manages the multi carrier complexities for mobile brands . 1 locaid powers location services for corporations including visa tcs and fedex . it powers mobile applications including life360 that allows parents want to request a real time check in on their children . 3 locaid is also used by us states to offer online gaming within the state borders . 4 locaid is a member of the wireless association mobile marketing association mma and international association of privacy professionals iapp . awards edit winner top wireless company fierce 15 2012 winner of the popular fastpitch competition csr 2012 winner of ctia wireless big idea contest 2011 winner of 2006 esri lbs achievement in gis locaid people won lbs category at brew 2006 locaid treasure won entertainment and leisure category 2006 navteq lbs challenge at ctia 2006 locaid people won peer to peer find me category 2005 navteq global lbs challenge at ctia 2005 see also edit geoloqi location based service references edit a b http www.technologyreview.in computing 39275 a b http www.cbsnews.com 8301 505124 162 42340849 iphones as homing beacons how att and verizon help companies track employees tag bnetdomain a b c http www.foxnews.com scitech 2012 02 05 website can find with your phone number brennan john . nj to offer online gaming but only while you re in nj . newjersey.com . retrieved 20 april 2013 . external links edit www.loc aid.com chief location officer blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title locaid & oldid 743699161 categories mobile technologycompanies based in san francisco navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view