By moving the computation of the geolocation solving to the cloud, the most computationally complex part of the problem is moved away from the power-limited IoT device. This also moves the requirements for storage and manipulation of geolocation data to the cloud where the systems and power are better suited to handle and distribute that data to multiple applications efficiently.
LoRaWAN network servers such as Actility and The Things Network offer data conduits from end-devices to cloud applications. One type of data that can be distributed over LoRaWAN networks are GNSS scans which can be used by cloud-based geolocation solvers to determine end-device locations. Cloud geolocation solving is a component in a LoRaWAN-based IoT location system, it does not replace the communication component inherent in LoRaWAN network servers.