Innovations & technologies

Meet the Game Changer in Indoor Mapping

Your phone can already use a combination of signals to determine where you are indoors. A new wifi standard will become a game changer for indoor mapping — especially in large facilities. Much like GPS is able to track your precise location outdoors, the 802.11mc Wi-Fi standard will be able to do something similar indoors. There are numerous practical applications to this phone technology. Navigating through an unfamiliar mall, as well as museums, warehouses, large supply stores, and other similar facilities. In fact, the technology will be especially useful in hospitals, evaluates howtogeek.com. Most hospitals are big, confusing places. Indoor navigation will make it a breeze to get to where you’re trying to go.

Ma be this indoor mapping technology could even be applied by first responders trying to find their way in complex buildings during a mission, or even military units operating urban warfare tasks.

This could also have various home uses, for example, if you have multiple smart devices in your house — smart lights, etc. — you could ask a digital assistant to “turn on the lights” and it would be able to pinpoint which room you’re in and only turn those lights on without the need for you to say “turn on the lights in the master bedroom.”