[talk-au] Locata augmenting GPS in GPS hostile areas

John Henderson snowgum at gmx.com
Mon Nov 8 12:57:35 GMT 2010


On 08/11/10 20:49, Peter Ross wrote:

> Their idea is that a museum (say) would buy these locata things and
> place them throughout their building then people could wander around
> with their smart phone and get information relevant to where they are,
> or alternatively firefighters could place the beacons around a burning
> building and then be able to record where every firefighter is in
> real-time with meter level accuracy.

Or put them in road tunnels like Sydney's M5, so that visitors like me 
using OSM get told about the correct exit inside the tunnel instead of 
being told we've missed the turn when we eventually exit.

John



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