In the last few decades, Structure from Motion (SfM) and visual Simultaneous Localization
and Mapping (visual SLAM) techniques have gained significant interest from both the …

The availability of a reliable and accurate indoor positioning system (IPS) for emergency
responders during on-duty missions is regarded as an essential tool to improve situational …

The ability to locate people quickly and accurately in buildings is critical to the success of
building fire emergency response operations, and can potentially contribute to the reduction …

Employment of ground-based positioning systems has been consistently growing over the
past decades due to the growing number of applications that require location information …

This paper proposes a foot-mounted zero velocity update (ZVU) aided inertial measurement
unit (IMU) filtering algorithm for pedestrian tracking in indoor environment. The algorithm …

This paper presents a method for pedestrian activity classification and gait analysis based
on the microelectromechanical-systems inertial measurement unit (IMU). The work targets …

Any effective smart city application proposal must consider both the technological and policy
challenges to be optimally beneficial to the city; and not only in functioning of the narrow …

Foot-mounted inertial navigation systems are suitable as the core pedestrian navigation
system in GNSS denied environment for some applications (eg, soldier and first responder …

Positioning between multiple users without any given infrastructure is essential for many
applications, such as emergency response in disaster areas. Traditional approaches based …

This paper describes the design and realization of a magnetic indoor positioning system.
The system is entirely realized using off-the-shelf components and is based on inductive …