androidsdkbeaconproximity

Display beacons and People in an Indoor Location


I want to create an application which display all the beacons around an Indoor space along with their range radius, and track people moving around with mobile devices. I have viewed various SDK: Radius, ALTBeacon, Google Eddystone Api and none of gives this feature. Also how to make the map for the indoor area.

Just want a guide in what way to proceed. As none of the sdk has full functionality

Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ATgy4_8IY


Solution

  • The main thing you need to do this is an indoor Location SDK. Such SDKs are much more specialized than a general purpose beacon SDK as beacons do not by themselves give you an X/Y location. These kinds of positioning systems are difficult to set up, and generally require payment for use. You might try the Estimote Indoor Location SDK.

    Once you have this, you must produce your own map (by drawing it yourself or using a scanned copy of an existing floor plan.). You then simply edit your map in an image editor to mark the location of the beacons (or plot them programmatically).

    The above is all possible but requres a lot of work. The detailed steps are far more numerous than can be answered in a question on StackOverflow.