Floor Maps

Vertical Colour Maps - A Data-Independent Alternative to Floor-Plan Maps

Location sharing in indoor environments is limited by the sparse availability of indoor positioning and lack of geographical building data. Recently, several solutions have begun to implement digital maps for use in indoor space. The map design is often a variant of floor-plan maps. Whereas massive databases and GIS exist for outdoor use, the majority of indoor environments are not yet availabl...

Sketched Floor plans versus SLAM maps: A Comparison

Maps — specifically floor plans — are useful for a variety of tasks from arranging furniture to designating conceptual or functional spaces (e.g., kitchen, walkway). We present a simple algorithm for quickly laying a floor plan (or other conceptual map) onto a SLAM map, creating a oneto-one mapping between them. Our goal was to enable using a floor plan (or other hand-drawn or annotated map) in...

The Generation of Well Geo-referenced Floor Plans and Application in Indoor Navigation System

Indoor navigation systems for common users have recently received a lot of interest. Since the penetration of indoor navigation applications and location-based services strongly relies on accurate indoor maps such as blueprints. Navigation or positioning systems have been widely developed for Location-Based Services (LBS) applications and it comes along with a keen demand of indoor floor plans ...

Implementation of a Smart VOD System Prototype

Video On Demand (VOD) service that allows users to select and watch video content is the most popular IPTV service and it is known that most of Internet traffic is for VOD service. It would be very attractive if a VOD service correctly recognizes the situation where the user wants to watch a video, finds out what video the user wants to watch, and actively plays the video for the user. Our VOD ...

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