The challenges of indoor environments and specification on some alternative positioning systems

Proceedings - 6th Workshop on Positioning, Navigation and Communication, WPNC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 29-36

  Mautz, Rainer ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative and novel positioning systems; Future positioning scenarios; Indoor positioning

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AND NOVEL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; FUTURE POSITIONING SCENARIOS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR POSITIONING; INFRARED LASER; POSITION SYSTEMS; POSITIONING SYSTEM; PSEUDOLITES; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; SOUND SYSTEMS; SYSTEM-BASED; TOTAL STATION;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

LASERS;

EID: 70349128876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPNC.2009.4907800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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