Wi-Fi Positioning vs Cellular Positioning
Developers should learn Wi-Fi Positioning when building applications that require accurate indoor location tracking, such as in shopping malls, airports, or large office buildings, where GPS fails meets developers should learn cellular positioning when building applications that require location tracking in areas with poor gps coverage, such as indoors or urban canyons, or for services like emergency response and asset tracking. Here's our take.
Wi-Fi Positioning
Developers should learn Wi-Fi Positioning when building applications that require accurate indoor location tracking, such as in shopping malls, airports, or large office buildings, where GPS fails
Wi-Fi Positioning
Nice PickDevelopers should learn Wi-Fi Positioning when building applications that require accurate indoor location tracking, such as in shopping malls, airports, or large office buildings, where GPS fails
Pros
- +It's also valuable for creating location-aware apps, geofencing, and IoT devices that need to operate in urban or dense environments with abundant Wi-Fi networks
- +Related to: gps, bluetooth-low-energy
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Cellular Positioning
Developers should learn cellular positioning when building applications that require location tracking in areas with poor GPS coverage, such as indoors or urban canyons, or for services like emergency response and asset tracking
Pros
- +It's essential for mobile network operators, IoT developers, and those working on location-based advertising or analytics, as it provides a fallback or complementary method to GPS for reliable positioning
- +Related to: gps, wi-fi-positioning
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Wi-Fi Positioning if: You want it's also valuable for creating location-aware apps, geofencing, and iot devices that need to operate in urban or dense environments with abundant wi-fi networks and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Cellular Positioning if: You prioritize it's essential for mobile network operators, iot developers, and those working on location-based advertising or analytics, as it provides a fallback or complementary method to gps for reliable positioning over what Wi-Fi Positioning offers.
Developers should learn Wi-Fi Positioning when building applications that require accurate indoor location tracking, such as in shopping malls, airports, or large office buildings, where GPS fails
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