Musa: Using indoor positioning and navigation to enhance cultural experiences in a museum

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 17445-17471

  Rubino, Irene ^a   Xhembulla, Jetmir ^a   Martina, Andrea ^a   Bottino, Andrea ^a   Malnati, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Indoor LBS; Indoor positioning; Marker recognition; Mobile guides; Multimedia; Navigation system

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT-AWARENESS; INDOOR LBS; INDOOR POSITIONING; MARKER RECOGNITION; MOBILE GUIDES; MULTIMEDIA;

LOCATION BASED SERVICES; MUSEUMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 84890506593     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s131217445     Document Type: Article

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