Where Do We Run To? -- Indoor Location for Public Safety
- Presenter(s): Larry Emmett
- Session Length: 60 minutes
- Date: Jul 30, 2025
For more than 35 years it has been possible to locate people, equipment, and places of importance outdoors using GPS but providing those same services indoors has been a significant challenge, available only to limited audiences when available at all. Only in recent years with hardware and standards convergence has it become practical to pinpoint indoor locations precisely and in real time using affordable, off the shelf solutions. Today we are in the middle of an explosion of choices for driving safety, accountability, efficiency, and awareness for public safety, utilities, schools, hospitals, industrial applications, retail, and many other industries.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main classes of technology available for indoor positioning and their trade-offs
- Learn and explain the differences between proximity and positioning and when each makes most sense
- Know the main questions you need to ask when selecting a solution for your specific situation
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For more than 35 years it has been possible to locate people, equipment, and places of importance outdoors using GPS but providing those same services indoors has been a significant challenge, available only to limited audiences when available at all. Only in recent years with hardware and standards convergence has it become practical to pinpoint indoor locations precisely and in real time using affordable, off the shelf solutions. Today we are in the middle of an explosion of choices for driving safety, accountability, efficiency, and awareness for public safety, utilities, schools, hospitals, industrial applications, retail, and many other industries.Learning Objectives:
- Understand the main classes of technology available for indoor positioning and their trade-offs
- Learn and explain the differences between proximity and positioning and when each makes most sense
- Know the main questions you need to ask when selecting a solution for your specific situation
