Wi-Fi Could Augment GPS

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  • Terry Costlow
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Labs at Microsoft, test projects at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, and companies such as Quarterscope Solutions (www.quarterscope.com) are moving forward with projects that will bring real-time mapping and location data to portable-equipment users. Once they've gained market acceptance, these mobile products will be able to pick up signals from a few base stations and then triangulate to determine someone's location.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IEEE Distributed Systems Online

دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004