Alan Dix Snip!t: Why indoor navigation is so hard

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Snip summary	Remember the days before you could pull your smartphone ... and get instant directions from your current location to... world? It's kind of foggy for me, too. In fact, I'm so used to relying on my smartphone that I ... The answer is "yes," of course. B Why indoor navigation is so hard - O'Reilly Radar http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/10/indoor-navigation.html

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Remember the days before you could pull your smartphone out of your pocket and get instant directions from your current location to anywhere in the world? It's kind of foggy for me, too.

In fact, I'm so used to relying on my smartphone that I feel increasingly flustered when wandering the aisles of Costco, locating the elephant house at the zoo, or searching for decent food at the airport. Shouldn't my magical pocket computer help me with this, too?

The answer is "yes," of course. But there are challenges to implementing indoor navigation today.

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Remember the days before you could pull your smartphone out of your pocket and get instant directions from your current location to anywhere in the world? It's kind of foggy for me, too. In fact, I'm so used to relying on my smartphone that I feel increasingly flustered when wandering the aisles of Costco, locating the elephant house at the zoo, or searching for decent food at the airport. Shouldn't my magical pocket computer help me with this, too? The answer is "yes," of course. But there are challenges to implementing indoor navigation today.

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