You could definitely use a geofence. But iBeacons have a big advantage in power consumption.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Eric E. Dolecki <edole...@gmail.com> wrote: > So only if you have multiple interior locations covered... assuming when > no beacons are detected that the person has left the area. > kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters seems like it would be good enough of > a geofence to use without beacons. I don't want to go all > kCLLocationAccuracyBestForNavigation > > > Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 > Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLive: edolecki PSN: eric_dolecki > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Joseph Dixon <jwdi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> iBeacons are useful as proximity detectors, but not much else. A few >> months ago I did some extensive testing with the idea that I would use >> multiple iBeacons to triangulate a user's position. After digging through >> the data what I realized was the signals from the beacons were far too >> unpredictable to be of much use for determining location. The user's >> "location" was jumping all around the map even after significant filtering. >> >> A common proximity scenario is to place beacons at the entrance and then >> scatter a few more throughout your office in strategic locations. By >> determining which beacons are visible you should be able to infer if the >> user is inside the office and get an idea about which area they are closest >> to. If no beacons are visible (for more than a few seconds) you can >> reasonably assume the user has left. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Eric E. Dolecki <edole...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I have an application built and ready for iBeacon support. It's intention >>> is to tell whether someone is in the office or not. >>> >>> I was planning on placing an iBeacon at the entrance to our office - and >>> use that to tell my server who is in or out of the office. For fun. Well, >>> if you walk into the office, it would work, but if you enter the region >>> again, turn around and go back in the office, you're out of sync. I could >>> use a geoFence - would this be a better solution? >>> >>> Is this type of enter/leave functionality beyond what an iBeacon can >>> provide? Or would I need to have multiples to gather direction of >>> movement? >>> Like a minimum of 3 beacons? >>> >>> I'm looking for some strategy that would work best for such a thing. >>> >>> Google Voice: (508) 656-0622 >>> Twitter: eric_dolecki XBoxLive: edolecki PSN: eric_dolecki >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> >>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >>> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >>> >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jwdixon%40gmail.com >>> >>> This email sent to jwdi...@gmail.com >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
