Communicating location tracking information based on energy consumption aspects

A method includes obtaining a change indicator associated with location tracking communication from a first communication device to a second communication device regarding location information of the first communication device, where the location tracking communication is based on a first locating category option for an energy consumption function locating category and a second locating category option for a location modality category. The method further includes selecting a different first locating category option and determining whether the different first locating category option affects a selection of the second locating category option. When the different first locating category option does not affect the selection of the second locating category option, the method further includes facilitating the location tracking communication from the first communication device to the second communication device regarding the location information based on the different first locating category option and the second locating category option.