Situm RTLS
Introduction to Situm RTLS
Last Updated: 12/12/2024Indoor positioning is just like a GPS, but for the indoors. Just as the GPS leverages in the signals of a group of satellites orbiting around the Earth, Situm indoor positioning or RTLS (Real Time Location System) uses the signals present in today’s buildings, such as magnetic fields, Bluetooth from BLE beacons and WiFi from...
Indoors vs outdoors
Last Updated: 12/12/2024Indoors vs outdoors Situm is an universal geolocation engine. This means that it works both in indoor and outdoor spaces, anywhere in the world, always providing the best possible position. More specifically, Situm is able to provide different levels of geolocation granularity. Positioning type Environment type How does it work? Location features Indoor Positioning Calibrated...
Building detection
Last Updated: 12/12/2024Situm is not only able to provide your indoor or outdoor geolocation anywhere: it is also able to detect automatically the building where you are. To understand how this works, let’s examine first the two geolocation modes that Situm provides: The following table describes their main differences: Feature Building Mode Global Mode Automatic Building Detection...
Floor detection & transitions
Last Updated: 12/12/2024Situm is able to detect automatically the floor where the user is. Not only that, but if the user changes from one floor to another, Situm will detect this change as well. The floor detection accuracy depends mainly on the morphology of the building. Type Description Performance Areas WITH delimitation between floors These are areas...
Indoor location and orientation estimation
Last Updated: 12/12/2024Situm is able to provide the location and orientation of the user with a certain degree of accuracy. Location and 2D orientation (bearing) Situm is mostly used to fuel tracking & wayfinding apps. These apps need to know the location of the device in the world, and its orientation or bearing with respect to the...
Positioning & orientation accuracy
Last Updated: 12/12/2024Positioning convergence or Time To First Fix When the Situm positioning system is initialized, it starts from zero. During the first seconds, Situm has little information so the first locations may be slightly inaccurate/erratic. Little by little, the system receives sensor readings (Wifi, BLE, gyroscope, etc.) and the location estimate will converge to an stable...