enables floor-level accuracy for smartphones
Nashville, Tennessee (PRWEB) September 18, 2013
ION GNSS+ 2013
Rx Networks Inc., a leading mobile location technology and services company, today announced a new z-axis determination capability called Zed™. This new solution, comprised of a client software library and associated cloud-based data services, is targeted at chipset vendors, device OEMs and application developers seeking to integrate reliable floor level detection.
Whether for emergency or consumer applications, the determination of a mobile device’s vertical position while indoors presents unique challenges. Given the environment, even when a GNSS receiver attains a fix, a mobile device cannot reliably use the reported altitude. Beacon-based techniques, such as those derived from Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, remain challenging as they often rely on GNSS-based crowdsourcing or costly venue characterization. The built-in barometric pressure sensors in recent smartphones today bring a new ability to estimate altitude; however, each have unique and variable characteristics which prevent floor-level accuracy without further assistance.
Rx Networks’ new Zed™ solution combines accurate geo-reference barometric pressure data (from Custom Weather, a global provider of real-time weather information), automatic device characterization, and pressure crowdsourcing along with existing location services to determine a device’s altitude within 1 to 3 meters.
The Zed™ solution will be commercially available at the start of 2014 and will be available either on its own, or as an optional feature alongside Rx Networks’ GPStream™ Assisted-GNSS and XYBRID™ hybrid location solutions.
For more information a demonstration of Zed™, please see the Rx Networks booth at ION GNSS+ 2013 or contact Rx Networks at sales(at)rxnetworks(dot)com.
About Custom Weather
Custom Weather provides syndicated content for complete global weather coverage including sophisticated weather forecasts, maps, tracking and alert services covering over 70,000 locations worldwide (http://www.customweather.com).
About Rx Networks Inc.
Hybrid Positioning. Indoors. Outdoors. Every “Where”.
Rx Networks is a mobile positioning technology company that develops indoor and outdoor hybrid positioning and Assisted-GNSS solutions that unify any available GNSS cell tower, Wi-Fi® and sensor information. These solutions, already licensed by leading GNSS semiconductor vendors, device OEMS, M2M and network equipment vendors, and mobile operators, bring instant location awareness and help deliver an unmatched mobile location user experience on any device and for any application.