GloPos Cell-Phone Nav Solution Tested for Indoor Positioning Accuracy
June 25, 2010GloPos has confirmed an indoor positioning accuracy of 7.7 to 12.5 meters in an independent test of its software conducted by VTT, The Technical Research Center of Finland. San Francisco-based GloPos is the developer of a software-only positioning technology designed to make all mobile phones location aware.
Testing of the outdoor, indoor, and underground accuracy of GloPos software was conducted by VTT at the Helsinki City Center on May 20. The GloPos application ran on a standard GSM-only mobile phone.
The stationary indoor and underground tests show that GloPos is capable of non-filtered average positioning accuracy of 15.1-23.9 meters; 75 percent of the measurements present an average position accuracy of 7.7-12.5 meters. With filtering, the indoor accuracy of GloPos technology is as good as the outdoor accuracy in an urban environment with a normal GPS embedded in mobile phones, claims GloPos. When comparing with state-of-the-art cell positioning (Google Maps) the average accuracy is at least two times better and in some cases 10 times better (indoors).
“This successful test lays the groundwork for making all mobile phones location aware and opens up exciting, new opportunities in the personal navigation, social location, mobile search and personalized mobile advertising marketplaces,” said Mikael Vainio, CEO.
Vainio added, “We continue to use results like these to improve the performance of GloPos which is a superior indoor positioning solution versus W-LAN and GPS-based positioning applications that today only serve less than 20 percent percent of the total yearly 1.3 billion unit mobile device market.”
GloPos technology requires only a cellular network to make all mobile phones location aware. No additional hardware like GPS or W-LAN is required on a mobile device for achieving accurate positioning. GloPos’ patent-pending, self learning algorithms can calculate an accurate position fix in places where no W-LAN access points are available or where GPS cannot be used, such as in shopping malls, subways, underground parking, airports, sports arenas, and exhibition centers). GloPos works wherever cellular network coverage is available.
GloPos Technology does not consume any extra battery life while operating as cell information is already being used to stay connected. GloPos enables longer device usage versus GPS and W-LAN, allowing battery power to be used for more advanced applications and driving more powerful processors.
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