Comparison among indoor location-based technologies for construction and infrastructure applications

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 446-455

  Ahmed, M ^a,b   Hegazy, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY LEVELS; ASSET TRACKING; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CONSTRUCTION APPLICATIONS; DATA FILTERING; EARTHMOVING OPERATIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING; IN BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS; LOCATION-BASED; POSITIONING ACCURACIES; SCHOOL BOARDS; SIGNAL DEGRADATIONS; TORONTO; TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTIONS;

APPLICATIONS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHMOVING MACHINERY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 63049138366     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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