[gps-talkusers] Some useful information.
- From: Kawal Gucukoglu <kawal_g@xxxxxx>
- To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:00:04 +0100
I'm just sending the below because Sendero may be interested in the article
as they may be able to make use of this in the future.
> I can tell you what happens there. So, BlindSquare can work inside shopping
> malls pretty well. Like you know, positioning in iOS devices is not only
> based on GPS but also cell tower and wifi radios around you. It means,
> BlindSquare will know your rough position and adapt annoucements according to
> that.
>
> If distance to the place is below current location accuracy, you will not
> hear direction and you will hear word "about" before distance. If you
> increase notification distance, you will hear more places with clockface
> information.
>
> You can also start tracking a place that is - let's say - 150 meters from
> you. You will probably hear distance and clockface for half of the way there.
>
> I'm pretty sure that in the future indoor positioning will get better and
> better. Couple months ago, Apple acquired a company
> (http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/23/apple-buys-indoor-gps-company-wifislam-for-20m)
> for 20 million dollars who had working prototype on Android devices. Their
> system uses knowledge of wifi radio signals to get location with accuracy of
> few meters.
>
> In Finland we have startup called Indoor Atlas (http://www.indooratlas.com).
> With their technology, one can record static magnetic fields inside
> buildings. You can then use your mobile devices magnetometer to calculate
> fingerprint and get your location inside that building.
>
> So within next few years, it becomes really interesting to have more
> navigation possibilities also inside buildings!
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