What happens if the WiFi base station has dynamic power levels - or are most bases left with fixed power?
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#12Constructive criticism: After reading the description, I don't understand what this application does. I am not initmately familiar with indoor mapping/positioning or WiFiSLAM. The term "indoor mapping showcase" is vague to me. I think it lets me build maps of indoor locations? Somehow? Based on the screenshots, maybe by walking around my room? It seems like it could be neat, but I don't want to go through the trouble…
Fair enough. We have a 90 second video on YouTube that should give you a sense of what you'll get:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GdXp_Swjs
But basically, yes. It lets you build indoor positioning by walking around my room.
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#13Error reading floorplan There was an error reading your floorplan from storage Nexus 1, trying Windows7 Paint generated .png and .jpg
strange! we're looking into it.
meanwhile try scribbling it down on paper and taking a picture of it :)
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#14What happens if the WiFi base station has dynamic power levels - or are most bases left with fixed power?
In our experience, we've found that most access points do in fact have a fixed power.
Either way, the system can accomodate some amount of dynamic changes.
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#15Did you write image recognition from scratch yourselves, or is it based on a lib?
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#16I just want to point out that I first mis-parsed the name of the technology as "wif islam".
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#17doesn't work for my on campus wifi. any requirements on the wifi network? My phone is htc one x.
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#18Did you write image recognition from scratch yourselves, or is it based on a lib?
It's actually based on the ambient Wi-Fi signature of the airwaves around you. There is no image recognition involved!
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#19I just want to point out that I first mis-parsed the name of the technology as "wif islam".
Heh. Not the first time it's happened :P
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#20Constructive criticism: After reading the description, I don't understand what this application does. I am not initmately familiar with indoor mapping/positioning or WiFiSLAM. The term "indoor mapping showcase" is vague to me. I think it lets me build maps of indoor locations? Somehow? Based on the screenshots, maybe by walking around my room? It seems like it could be neat, but I don't want to go through the trouble…
Fair enough. We have a 90 second video on YouTube that should give you a sense of what you'll get: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_GdXp_Swjs But basically, yes. It lets you build indoor positioning by walking around my room.
Not everyone has time to watch videos, especially at work. A simple text description would work a lot better.