MODEL LAYANAN INFORMASI LOKASI MASJID DI WILAYAH KOTA TANGERANG MENGGUNAKAN PERANGKAT BERGERAK (MOBILE DEVICE)

Abstract

MuslimisthebiggestinhabitantinIndonesia,sothatthey needanextraordinary servicewhich canprovide informationabouttheirobligatory religiousactivity inthis caseissholat.Sholat is preferabledoneatmosqueespeciallyformale.Therefore, informationaboutthenearestmosque ismuchneeded,especiallyformobileusereven traveler. Thisinformationisimplicatedinmobile device,thereforeusercanaccess wheneverandwhereverasquickaspossible.Servicethatwillbe modeledinthis research exploiting Global Positioning System(GPS)on android mobile devices based on  LocationBased  Service  (LBS).This  servicemodel  is  developedfor  providing information about location and historical background of mosquein Tangerang.Keywords:  Android,  Global  Positioning  System,  Location Based  Service,  MobileDevice.