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A Mobile and Web Indoor Navigation System: A Case Study in a University Environment

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Advances in Information Systems and Technologies

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 206))

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The paper presents an indoor navigation system, both mobile and web, applied to a university environment. The case study follows a research methodology. We describe the prototype development, routing algorithm and current achieved results.

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  1. Technology and Management High School, Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

    Sara Paiva

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  1. , Faculty of Science and Technology, University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, Porto, 4249-004, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. , Instituto Superior de Estatística e, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide, Lisboa, 1070-312, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. Broomfield Road 9, Sheffield, S10 2SE, United Kingdom

    Tom Wilson

  4. Empirica GmbH, Oxfordstr. 2, Bonn, 53111, Germany

    Karl A. Stroetmann

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Paiva, S. (2013). A Mobile and Web Indoor Navigation System: A Case Study in a University Environment. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Wilson, T., Stroetmann, K. (eds) Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36981-0_90

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