…Trilateration is a method used to determine the position of sending units via distance measurement. Such a sending device can, for example, be a smartphone that is carried by a person or a Bluetooth beacon that is attached to a mobile asset. Triangulation additionally takes the angle into account.…
…Intermodality is an important aspect of modern travel apps. This means that, ideally, the traveler is guided from their home via public transport, bike or car to the right platform or gate at the train station or airport and finally to their destination (door-to-door navigation). At train stations…
…In large industrial buildings it can be useful to track the position of work equipment (robots, machines, vehicles) or goods (pallets, boxes). Indoor asset tracking is the solution. The object to be tracked is equipped with a beacon and can thus transmit its position continuously. If an object…
…In most cases, indoor positioning is based on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons. In order to use indoor navigation, the user needs a mobile device (smartphone) and a corresponding app. Indoor navigation is particularly helpful for orientation in complex buildings, such as train stations,…
…Beacons have boomed since 2013 - when Apple introduced its iBeacon standard. 2015 Google followed with Eddystone. Today, there are many beacon suppliers on the market. For indoor navigation purposes, beacons are placed at regular intervals in the building. They then regularly transmit signals via…
…The Bluetooth radio standard Bluetooth is a radio technology for wireless data transmission over short distances, which was developed in the 1990s. With this technology, data can be exchanged between computers and/or smartphones, but also everyday devices such as wireless speakers, keyboards or…
…There are some criteria that a good indoor navigation system should meet: Indoor navigation systems should be scalable. That means that at least the number of users, the size of the location and the frequency of position requests must be flexible, otherwise the system will quickly become…