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AnyPlace

AnyPlace. Indoor Positioning and Navigation in the Big-Data Era. L. Petrou, G. Larkou, C. Laoudias, D. Zeinalipour-Yazti and C. G. Panayiotou. University of Cyprus. Overview. Architecture.

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AnyPlace

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  1. AnyPlace Indoor Positioning and Navigation in the Big-Data Era L. Petrou, G. Larkou, C. Laoudias, D. Zeinalipour-Yazti and C. G. Panayiotou University of Cyprus Overview Architecture • Operates on top of Google Maps with a big-data management Web 2.0 back-end service• Leverages rich multi-sensory data available on smartphones • Allows entities (users, companies, organizations) to realize indoor information management systems• Indicative applications include product search and point of interest (POI) navigation The platform consists of the AnyPlace Server, the Architect and Viewer website and the Android Client application running in Navigator or Logger mode AnyPlace Servers + Web 2.0 API AnyPlace Architect Navigation Directions AnyPlace Server Mapping Information • Follows a big-data architecture and provides a Web2.0 API using JSON objects for Mapping, Navigation and Positioning• Responsible for storing buildings, floor plans, and POIs information• Creates and delivers indoor navigation directions to the end-user upon request• Uses Couchbase as its backend database for scalability and fast metadata retrieval POIs Information and Radiomap WiFi RSS Logs AnyPlace Navigator Information Vault AnyPlace Logger Big Data Backend AnyPlace Architect / Viewer website AnyPlace Architect website offers:• User-friendly interface for placing floorplans on top of Google Maps• Multi-floor support• Convenient addition, annotation and geo-tagging of POIs inside the building• Easy connection of POIs to indicate feasible paths among them AnyPlace Viewer website offers:• Read-only access to building, floorplan and POI information AnyPlace Viewer POI visualization AnyPlace Architect floor editor AnyPlace Client for Android smartphones Navigator mode Logger mode • Shows the building where the user resides automatically• Users can load the floorplan and associated POIs • Displays user location on top of the floorplan map using a powerful WiFi positioning algorithm developed in-house• Users can search for POIs and get navigation directions from their current location to the desired POI • Users can select the building and the floor for recording data• Users may record Received Signal Strength (RSS) information from nearby WiFi APs• Developed around the Android RSS API for scanning RSS data• Users can upload the collected samples to the Anyplace Server through the API for crowdsourcing the RSS radiomap Automatic loading of building, floor and POIs WiFi localization and POI selection Navigation to selected POI Select Building Logger preferences Record WiFi RSS

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