Comments on: Impressions On Nokia’s Upcoming Indoor Positioning Technology http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/11/29/impressions-on-nokias-upcoming-indoor-positioning-technology/ All things symbian and then some more! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin Ford http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/11/29/impressions-on-nokias-upcoming-indoor-positioning-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-7222 Colin Ford Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:13:43 +0000 http://thesymbianblog.com/?p=1054#comment-7222 It all sounded great until I got to the bit that stated..."With the addition of special sensor arrays developed by Nokia and cheap tags”...if I need to supplement my WiFi equipment with other equipment then it all becomes very priority very quickly. What we need is a standard like GPS which interoperates with all equipment. It all sounded great until I got to the bit that stated…”With the addition of special sensor arrays developed by Nokia and cheap tags”…if I need to supplement my WiFi equipment with other equipment then it all becomes very priority very quickly. What we need is a standard like GPS which interoperates with all equipment.

]]> By: Phinrich http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/11/29/impressions-on-nokias-upcoming-indoor-positioning-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-6422 Phinrich Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:39:06 +0000 http://thesymbianblog.com/?p=1054#comment-6422 I am very excited by the idea of indoor positioning but must admit to being a little dissapointed in the Kamppi map itself. Its so difficult to read on a mobile as all the graphics and text are so small. I also agree with the point about the availability of wifi. For example it is not that popular in my country and if it was it is certainly expensive foe a shopping mall to install wifi in enough locations to enable using it for indoor position-finding. At least its a start though and hopefully can only improve. Meantime I have built my own indoor positioning system specially for indoor locations not having wifi. OK so you cant find your location automatically you have to select it manually but once done the map assists in navigating you around the mall. For the future I want to experiemnt with other means of auto locating your mobile indoors - perhaps with bluetooth. Then want to add these to my app. I am very excited by the idea of indoor positioning but must admit to being a little dissapointed in the Kamppi map itself. Its so difficult to read on a mobile as all the graphics and text are so small. I also agree with the point about the availability of wifi. For example it is not that popular in my country and if it was it is certainly expensive foe a shopping mall to install wifi in enough locations to enable using it for indoor position-finding. At least its a start though and hopefully can only improve.

Meantime I have built my own indoor positioning system specially for indoor locations not having wifi. OK so you cant find your location automatically you have to select it manually but once done the map assists in navigating you around the mall.

For the future I want to experiemnt with other means of auto locating your mobile indoors – perhaps with bluetooth. Then want to add these to my app.

]]> By: vikram http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/11/29/impressions-on-nokias-upcoming-indoor-positioning-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-3377 vikram Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:28:56 +0000 http://thesymbianblog.com/?p=1054#comment-3377 this tech. is really very interesting..especially it's use to figure out the least crowded places or similar especially in airports and stadiums. I'll certainly go for this app. this tech. is really very interesting..especially it’s use to figure out the least crowded places or similar especially in airports and stadiums.
I’ll certainly go for this app.

]]> By: Matt http://thesymbianblog.com/2008/11/29/impressions-on-nokias-upcoming-indoor-positioning-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-3371 Matt Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:22:00 +0000 http://thesymbianblog.com/?p=1054#comment-3371 Except I'm in large building with more than three floors I would be interested. But still, I think I'll find smth much faster on my own than using my phone. Except I’m in large building with more than three floors I would be interested. But still, I think I’ll find smth much faster on my own than using my phone.

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