Indoor Localisation with Beacons for a User-Friendly Mobile Tour Guide

Abstract

Bluetooth beacons are a recent technology that promises a simple, low-cost indoor localisation method with mobile devices. One application for such a localisation are museums or other exhibitions to provide visitors with information about nearby exhibits. We tested the localisation capabilities of beacons and explored different localisation techniques. Then we used the localisation in a tour guide app and examined how localisation contributes to the usability of the app.

Location based services: ongoing evolution and research agenda

“…These rapid advances in indoor positioning and indoor data modelling have triggered many innovative indoor LBS applications, such as indoor navigation/wayfinding (Fellner, Huang, and Gartner 2017), guides at museums/exhibitions (Kaulich, Heine, and Kirsch 2017), emergency response (Zhao, Winter, and Tomko 2017), shopping guides (Eduardo et al 2017), and location based advertisement (Mathew et al 2017). Typical venues of indoor LBS applications include universities/schools, museums, complex transport hubs (e.g.…”