Magnetic maps for indoor navigation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3883-3891

  Gozick, Brandon ^a   Subbu, Kalyan Pathapati ^a   Dantu, Ram ^a,b   Maeshiro, Tomyo ^c  

^a University of North Texas   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field measurements; magnetic fields; magnetometers; mobile phones; sensors; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGNERS; DATA SETS; EMERGENCY EVACUATION; INDOOR NAVIGATION; LANDMARK IDENTIFICATION; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC FIELD FLUCTUATIONS; MAGNETIC MAPS; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; NAVIGATION DEVICES; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL MAP;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MOBILE PHONES; NAVIGATION; SENSORS; TELEPHONE SETS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COMPASSES (MAGNETIC);

EID: 81255171677     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2147690     Document Type: Article

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