ETH - Indoor Positioning & Indoor Navigation


10:30 - 11:00	Jouni Rantakokko, Peter Händel, Michael Fredholm, Fredrik Eklöf (presenting author, at FOI): User requirements for localization and tracking technology Current advances in localization and tracking technology [1] have the potential to develop into much-needed tools for the saving of lives in emergency response and rescue missions, and for the safe-keeping of lives in rescue missions as well as military operations. However, different users face different environments and consequently have different user requirements [2]. This paper aims to survey the different requirements for localization and tracking technology by mission type, so that researchers, industry and user groups can more easily determine their specific technology needs. Although primarily aimed to describe requirements for military personnel, law enforcement officers, and firefighters, needs and constraints for several types of civilian operations are covered as well. Despite differences in requirements, it makes sense to develop technologies that will serve not only one but all of these groups.

11:00 - 11:30	Lauri Wirola (presenting author, at Nokia Inc.), Tommi Laine and Jari Syrjärinne: Mass market considerations for indoor positioning and navigation In order to introduce indoor positioning and navigation to the mass market, the appropriate set of positioning algorithms is not the only aspect to consider. In the mass market circumstances questions including how to utilize the already widely-deployed sensors, radios and infrastructure as well as how to collect the positioning assistance data, how to maintain such a database and how to handle the actual positioning process in order to achieve low time-to-fix need to be addressed. This paper sheds light on some mass market aspects that are not typically considered in the context indoor positioning and navigation research, but which in fact should be taken into account in the algorithm and system development from the day one.

11:30 - 11:45	Christian Waldvogel, Oliver Schneider (at Amberg Technologies AG, presenting author): Requirements for positioning and navigation in underground constructions Today’s underground construction challenges with ever more complex project demands and massive capital investment on the one hand and steadily growing pressure on price and completion deadlines on the other hand. Therefore, successful tunnel builders increasingly rely on intelligent surveying solutions as an integral part of their tunnelling equipment. Currently positioning is still a big challenge in an underground project. Amberg Technologies offers a surveying solution that sets new benchmarks in measurement and automation for conventional tunnelling. The actual surveying solution uses total station and laser scanning technologies. In this abstract the requirements for a positioning and navigation system for underground construction are explained.

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