Abstract
The HafenCity University in Hamburg, Germany, started exploring the possibilities of indoor navigation solutions specially related to integrated sensors of Samsung Galaxy smartphones in 2011. Researchers at the university demonstrated that a smartphone-based indoor navigation solution offered a number of key benefits, such as the widespread use of smartphones in society and a reduction in or independence from additional hardware on the navigation device. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus featured an accelerometer, gyroscope, a magnetic field sensor, and a barometer in addition to MicroElectronical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) sensors such as a camera and WLAN receiver. The researchers realized that it was necessary to first analyze the MEMS sensors to devise an indoor navigation solution based on smartphones. The findings of the study revealed that the smartphone required supporting information at regular time intervals to continue to determine the right trajectory despite realizing navigation without GNSS.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 23-27 |
| Journal | GIM International |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |