BroadcastReceiver for location

Question

I know BroadcastReceiver watches for text, phone events, etc... but can you run LocationServices as a service and event based on Location?

For example, you are near

Answer 1

This question is more then 2 years old but there is now very very easy and battery efficient way to do this. The concept is called Geofences. You can learn it in more detail below:

http://developer.android.com/training/location/geofencing.html