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Outdoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services have become indispensable in people´s mobility in unfamiliar environments. Advances in key technologies (e.g., positioning and mobile devices), has spurred interest in research and development of indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services in recent years. Indoor Wayfinding and Navigation provides both breadth and depth of knowledge in designing and building indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services. It covers the types of sensors both feasible and practical for localization of users inside buildings.

The book discusses current approaches, techniques, and technologies for addressing issues in indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services. It includes coverage of the cognitive, positioning, mapping, and application perspectives, an unusual but useful combination of information. This mix of different perspectives helps you better understand the issues and challenges of building indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services, how they are different from those used outdoors, and how they can be used efficiently and effectively in challenging applications.

Written by well-known specialists in the field, the book addresses all aspects of indoor wayfinding and navigation. It includes the latest research developments on the topic, succinctly covers the fundamentals, and details the issues and challenges in building new systems and services. With this information, you can design indoor wayfinding and navigation systems and services for a variety of uses and users.




Cognition for the Navigation of Complex Indoor Environments

Stephen C. Hirtle and Cristina Robles Bahm

The Role of Affect on Expanding Indoor Spatial Knowledge

Samvith Srinivas and Stephen C. Hirtle

Technologies for Positioning in Indoor Areas

Prashant Krishnamurthy

Magnetic Indoor Local Positioning System

Jorg Blankenbach and Abdelmoumen Norrdine

Localization in Underground Tunnels

Fernando Pereira, Adriano Moreira, Christian Theis, and Manuel Ricardo

Map-Aided Indoor Navigation

Susanna Kaiser, Mohammed Khider, Maria Garcia Puyol, Luigi Bruno, and Patrick Robertson

Indoor Navigation Challenges for Visually Impaired People

M. Beatrice Dias, Ermine A. Teves, George J. Zimmerman, Hend K. Gedawy, Sarah M. Belousov, and M. Bernardine Dias

Indoor Navigation Aids for Blind and Visually Impaired People

M. Bernardine Dias and Satish Ravishankar

The NavPal Suite of Tools for Enhancing Indoor Navigation for Blind Travelers

M. Bernardine Dias

Future Directions in Indoor Navigation Technology for Blind Travelers

M. Bernardine Dias, Aaron Steinfeld, and M. Beatrice Dias

Protecting Privacy in Indoor Positioning Systems

Balaji Palanisamy and James Joshi