Fast Localized Delaunay Triangulation
White Papers A localized Delaunay triangulation owns the following interesting properties in a wireless ad hoc setting: it can be built with localized information, the communication cost imposed by control information is limited and it supports geographical...
[October 6, 2008, 1:20]
Coverage Of Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Location In Mobile Communications
White Papers This paper studies the improvement in service coverage obtained by three different ways of hybridising (terrestrial and satellite) triangulation location methods for cellular networks. Though the authors assume that terrestrial cellular networks...
[June 28, 2004, 3:15]
Location-based Services Expected To Rocket
News Using this triangulation technology in combination with GPS means there is not only better availability of location data than if either technology was used on its own, but it is also more accurate, according to Strickland.
[February 12, 2008, 10:29]
Google Maps Locates Users Without GPS
News The latest version of GMM is able to locate users — albeit with less accuracy — through triangulation. Triangulation calculates a user's location by measuring the distance of the mobile handset from nearby basestations.
[November 29, 2007, 11:23]
XLPoints Plus
Downloads Create true 3D faces with the powerful Delaunay triangulation algorithm. Draw points in AutoCAD and generate 3D models using data in Excel. Establish an open channel with AutoCAD from within Excel. Generate all 3D faces or boundary (exterior) faces...
[February 2, 2006, 19:01]
RTOPO
Downloads Is useful in topography for "Digital Terrain Modeling" (DTM) by "Triangulated Irregular Network" (TIN), representation (by 3DPOLY, SPLINE or BLOCK entities) and editing (modify, delete or add) of 3D points, and for triangulation, isolines, cross...
[September 22, 2008, 19:46]
TerrainCAD For AutoCAD
Downloads The terrain mesh is created as a Delaunay Triangulation, which is regarded as the best method to create a terrain mesh from unorganized point data. TerrainCAD for AutoCAD is a terrain modeling plug-in for AutoCAD.
[June 15, 2007, 13:31]
TerrainCAD For Rhino
Downloads The terrain mesh is created as a Delaunay Triangulation, which is regarded as the best method to create a terrain mesh from unorganized point data. TerrainCAD for Rhino is a terrain modeling plug-in for Rhinoceros 3.0 and 4.0.
[June 14, 2007, 22:46]
Global Mapper
Downloads Global Mapper is more than just a utility; it has built in functionality for distance and area calculations, raster blending, feathering, spectral analysis and contrast adjustment, elevation querying, line of sight calculations, cut-and-fill...
[September 5, 2008, 11:31]
Minimizing Calibration Effort For An Indoor 802.11 Device Location Measurement System
White Papers Triangulation on signal strengths from multiple access points can be used to pinpoint location down to a few meters. Using an 802.11 wireless client as a location sensor is an increasingly popular way of enabling location-based services.
[October 6, 2005, 3:00]
Wi-Fi Based Real-Time Location Tracking: Solutions And Technology
White Papers It discusses the business problems that location tracking addresses, introduces the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance, provides an overview of the three methods used to track Wi-Fi devices (closest access point, triangulation, and RF...
[May 15, 2008, 8:01]
Heineken Taps SOA For Beer Tracking
News The project, which it calls "The Beer Living Lab", uses triangulation techniques of both satellites and cellular base stations to locate exactly where the cargo is. Heineken is to trial a tracking system which will tell it exactly where its beer...
[October 30, 2006, 13:18]
GPS On Mobile Phones ? = Not New
Talkback As for using it it locate/track the device (only bad when misused) - the phone companies can do this pretty accurately using triangulation from multiple base stations (cells) without using any GPS. I've been using a Motorola A1000 for over 2 years...
[February 19, 2007, 10:49]
Giving Robots The Gift Of Sight
News For example, an object visible in one camera lens might be blocked from the view of the other, or a blank wall may lack distinct features that can be used for triangulation. A Carnegie Mellon University professor known for predicting the evolution...
[December 31, 2002, 9:21]
Wi-Fi: It's All About Location, Location, Location...
News Given the cost of rolling out a private Wi-Fi network with at least three access points for triangulation purposes, Ekahau reckons there is a market for networks used primarily for location-based purposes as opposed to carrying other data.
[October 18, 2002, 15:16]
Windows 7 Location Smarts Spark Privacy Debate
News Obviously there's GPS, but it also supports Wi-Fi and cellular triangulation, at a minimum. The interface should make it easier for a range of location-based services, from finding nearby friends to using PC tracking programs.
[November 7, 2008, 16:25]
Google Confirms Its Mobile Linux Plans
News Gillis explained that Android would have a strong focus on location-based services, through the use of both GPS and triangulation. According to a statement released by Google on Monday, Android incorporates an "operating system, middleware [the...
[November 5, 2007, 17:03]
Apple IPhone 3G review
Reviews Compared to the original iPhone's cellular and Wi-Fi triangulation, GPS on the iPhone 3G is far more accurate — GPS pinpointed our location to within metres rather than kilometres. The iPhone 3G is available from Apple, Carphone Warehouse and O2's...
[July 11, 2008, 13:18]
