© 2017 IJSRST | Volume 3 | Issue 7 | Print ABSTRACT A location based service (LBS) is an application for user's mobile device that requires necessary information about where the mobile device is located. Location-based services shall be query-based and provide the end user with valuable information, for e.g LBS enable mobile users to query points-of-interest (e.g.,ATM, restaurants) on various features (e.g., category, price, quality, and variety). They manage points-of-interest (POIs) specific

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... o their applications, and enable mobile users to query for POIs that match with their preferences and time constraints and also it secures a user identity and locality within basic mobile communication services. For this approach this paper provides the survey about various techniques for providing the accurate and efficient query for the mobile users.