…Using an employee app, employees can book meeting rooms, arrange to meet colleagues (“buddy finder”), navigate around the building, and call up the cafeteria menu. The management of changing workplaces can also be realized via such an app. Links Indoor Positioning in Offices Exemplary Employee App …
…For operators of shopping centers, airports, trade fairs, train stations, etc., it is interesting to know at which places in the building how many people are present at certain times and how they move. For example, a heat map can show which locations are particularly busy. This information is…
…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…
…RFID technology makes it possible to identify and locate objects, people and animals and to read and save data contactless through electromagnetic waves. For RFID position tracking you need a transponder and a reading device. The transponder can save data. Unlike other positioning technologies,…
…The operating system Android makes it relatively easy to develop indoor navigation apps and systems. It supports multiple positioning technologies, such as Wi-Fi, beacons and VLC. Application fiels of indoor positioning using Android Client-based positioning technologies can be realized with…
…Using Wi-Fi for client-based indoor positioning can be beneficial because in many cases existing infrastructure can be used. This could be for example Wi-Fi enabled cash register systems, routers and client hot spots. It is not even necessary that the devices are connected with the access points to…
…Indoor position determination is an important consideration for retail – indoor navigation helps clients find their way in large supermarkets and malls via app. But the technology is equally suitable for public buildings with shopping areas, such as airports and railway stations. Depending on the…
…The Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) is a low power radio system designed for IoT devices. It is characterized by a high reception range between the transmitter and receiver of approximately 2.5 kilometers in the inner-city area. Furthermore, short, bi-directional communication thrusts are…