LocateMe: Magnetic-fields-based indoor localization using smartphones

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Subbu, Kalyan Pathapati ^a   Gozick, Brandon ^a   Dantu, Ram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor localization; Magnetic fields; Smartphones; Ubiquitous

Indexed keywords

INDOOR LOCALIZATION; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; UBIQUITOUS; USER-CENTRIC; VIABLE SOLUTIONS; WALKING SPEED;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 84885644913     PISSN: 21576904     EISSN: 21576912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2508037.2508054     Document Type: Article

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