In one embodiment, a mobile device and another computer operate in tandem through a cloud synchronization service to analyze image data and provide a location based service to a user. A mobile application receives image data and stores the image data in a cloud service format. The cloud synchronization service sends the image data to a desktop application on the other computer. The desktop application analyzes the image data to generate an image attribute. The cloud synchronization service sends the image attribute data to the mobile application. The mobile application provides at least one location based service based on the image attribute. The mobile application may be an augmented reality application.