je.st
news
Indoor Atlas: Smartphones can navigate inside buildings using magnetic fields
2015-04-19 06:20:09| Wireless - Topix.net
What do you do when you want an app to know where it is indoors where there's no GPS? Indoor Atlas has a clever answer Navigating outdoors is easy with GPS and when augmented augmented by WiFi the the accuracy and availability of geolocation increase significantly a until you step inside a building. Once you're inside and there's no GPS signal WiFi geolocation might give you a rough fix though usually you're effectively "off the grid."
Tags: inside
fields
buildings
navigate
Category:Telecommunications