Title :
Experiencing Indoor Navigation on Mobile Devices
Author :
Barberis, Claudia ; Bottino, Andrea ; Malnati, Giovanni ; Montuschi, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Polytech. Univ. of Turin, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
Indoor GPS navigation is unreliable owing to poor communication with satellites and a lack of detailed maps. The authors discuss technologies that offer accurate indoor location and orientation data, presenting their system for indoor navigation, which runs on a smartphone. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/cfOSNjyD15A illustrates the prototypal system. Another Web extra, http://youtu.be/6DtHkihkiO4, provides a more detailed introduction about the topics and system discussed.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; indoor radio; smart phones; detailed maps; indoor GPS navigation; indoor location; mobile devices; orientation data; satellite communication; smartphone; Buildings; Feature extraction; Indoor communicaiton; Navigation; Sensors; Smart phones; Visualization; computer vision; context-awareness; indoor navigation system; indoor positioning; information technology; mobile computing;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2013.54
