The various systems and methods disclosed herein provide for a secure, cost effective, and high accuracy location detection. In some embodiments of the system and method for high accuracy location detection, a mobile location device obtains and calculates location data from a plurality of sources without requiring expensive and power inefficient processors. In some embodiments, such secure, cost effective, and high accuracy location detection by the mobile location device is used in improved parking and payment management systems and methods. In some such embodiments, the location device communicates with remote geomapping servers and payment systems to provide automated parking and payment.