Cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications

A computer program product for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• summon, by the processor, a vehicle to a designated position;
• determine, by the processor, a user has exited a building based on communication with one or more location sensors;
• in response to determining the user has exited the building, activate, by the processor, one of the one or more location sensors that is attached to the vehicle;
• and
• facilitate, by the processor, transmission of a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches.

A system for beacon-based communication with vehicles, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• summon a vehicle to a designated position;
• in response to determining a user has exited a building based on communication with one or more location sensors, activate one of the location sensors that is attached to the vehicle;
• and
• transmit a position of the user to the summoned vehicle, wherein the position of the user is accurate to within 10 inches.