location intelligence (LI)
1. Location intelligence (LI) is a business intelligence (BI) tool capability that relates
geographic contexts to business data. Like BI, location intelligence software is designed to turn
data into insight for a host of business purposes. Such tools draw on a variety of data sources,
such as geographic information systems (GIS), aerial maps, demographic information and, in some
cases, an organization's own databases.
2. Location intelligence is a asset management tool that allows an organization to track items
of economic value that can be converted into cash.
Contributor(s): Delaney Rebernik
This was last updated in December 2012
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