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Indoor Localization

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Indoor location determination systems; Tracking; Reference, symbolic; Reference, coordinate based; Position, absolute; Position, relative; FCC 94-102; GPS; Time of flight; Arrival, Time of; Arrival, Angle of; Range Combining; Trilateration; Triangulation; Multilateration; Landmark proximity; WiMAX

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Indoor localization refers to tracking objects in an indoor environment. This tracking can be either in 2‑dimensions, 3‑dimensions, or 2.5‑dimensions. 2.5‑dimensions refers to the case when the object position is tracked at discrete plans of the 3‑dimensional space, rather than the entire continuum of the 3‑dimensional space. For example, tracking a person in multiple 2‑dimensional floor-plans in a 3‑dimensional building can be considered a 2.5‑dimensional tracking.

An indoor location determination system can report the estimated location as a symbolic reference, for example, “the lounge”, or as a coordinate-based reference. For the coordinate-based reference, the...

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Moustafa Youssef

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Youssef, M. (2008). Indoor Localization. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_622

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