Nuremberg: cellphone positioning via WiFi launched
16 Mar. 2009 | Author: For approximately two years, the Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen (IIS) has been testing a special WiFi-based cellphone location system in Nuremberg. (See our post). Apparently successful, the project is about to launch in combination with the first applications for end users.
In a press release, the Institute elaborated; the advantages of WiFi-location over other localization solutions such as GPS, is that it also works within buildings. GPS in contrast offers limited accuracy or at times no position at all. WiFi-based positioning therefore helps not only in pedestrian malls, but also in shopping centers, Underground stations, airports and parking garages. A change between inside and outside location is easily implemented. As the autark technology developed by the Institute is installed directly on the end device, such as a WiFi-enabled cellphone or PDA, no central overview or tracking is possible (quelling the usual red flags from the privacy advocates).
The IIS is collaborating with IT2media, a daughter company of the Nuremberg Telephone Directory publisher Hans Müller on this project. Hans Müller director Dr. Gerhard Baier, in a press release, announce that a range of applications for download will be available sometime in April – general area information detailing localized information such as cafés, restaurants, banks (with support infomations such as phone numbers with direct dialing) etc.
According to the Institute, the test area will be expanded to Munich and Berlin for the next phase. Further cities will follow, also outside of Germany.
Nuremberg: cellphone positioning via WiFi launched
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