Essentially the technology will provide an indoor navigation system much like google maps to help passengers find directions to wherever they need to go inside the airport.
Gatwick airport indoor navigation.
The uk s second busiest airport gatwick has opted for the latter approach to power an indoor navigation system it s launching as part of a wider multi year transformation program.
Gatwick airport also intends to offer retailers access to the system for proximity detection for marketing purposes.
Gatwick airport now has 2 000 beacons for indoor navigation natasha lomas riptari 3 years complex indoor environments such as airports and shopping malls can be a nightmare to find your way around.
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It s now finished kitting out its two terminals with all around two 000 battery powered beacons so that electronic map consumers will get a far.
The lack of satellite signals makes road based navigation systems such as google or apple maps unreliable indoors so gatwick has deployed a beacon based positioning system to enable reliable blue dot on indoor maps which in time can be used within a range of mobile airport airline or third party apps.
It s now finished kitting out its two terminals with around 2 000 battery powered beacons so that digital map users will get a more accurate blue dot as they.
Good news from gatwick then as the airport announces that it is to introduce augmented reality wayfinding powered by its recent installation of 2 000 indoor beacons.
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Gatwick has installed 2 000 indoor navigation beacons which it says will enable augmented reality wayfinding at the airport.