Geodan Movida identification and location technology
Movida supports the best location and identification technologies available in the market. It uses connectors to translate the proprietary location methods of most of these hardware vendors into a uniform, standardized location protocol (OpenLS: see www.opengeospatial.org).
The architecture is such that any new location method can be added very quickly making it possible to maintain the core of the software unchanged while providing the ability to expand the system to any current and future location technology. The list of supported technologies increases continuously.
All location methods can be used simultaneously by the same application and for the same user. For instance, a user may be located with GPS outdoors and RFID indoors simultaneously, while another is located with telecom-based Cell-ID, both within the same application.
The list of supported technologies evolves continuously. Verify with movida@geodan.com for the support of additional devices and technologies that do not appear in this list.
Technology | Description | Examples of supported technologies |
GPS | Movida supports pull and push GPS position. With a pull system, the GPS device is ‘waken up’ by Movida on request of an application. With push location, Movida continuously collects and stores GPS positions. The system allows for smart GPS management, based on e.g. speed of movement. The communication channels between the GPS and Movida include: SMS, GPRS or UMTS. Movida manages all sensor data provided by GPS devices, such as automotive information. | > EAL > Emtac > Prolificx
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Telecom operators and assisted GPS | Movida supports the location technology of multiple European telecom operators. Movida collects the position of a cell-phone through a dedicated connection to the telecom operator, while managing privacy and security of position information. Location technology supported includes: Cell-ID, E-Cell-ID, Cell-ID-Rx, A-GPS. | |
Wi-Fi location | By triangulating the time of arrival of Wi-Fi signals from location receiver hot-spots and Wi-Fi devices, it is possible to estimate the position of a Wi-Fi device, indoors and outdoors. Movida locates specific Wi-Fi tags as well as any other Wi-Fi device, such as a laptops, VOIP phone or handheld. | > AeroScout > Motorola RFSwitch > Ubiquicom |
Active sensors: RFID sensors for location determination | Movida uses active RFID for locating objects or people in indoor environments within logical areas, such as a room or a section of a building. Movida connects to RFID readers that recognize the presence of RFID tags in their proximity, including tags with temperature sensors, movement sensors, dislodgment triggers, panic buttons etc. alarmknoppen, etc. | > Avonwood > Wavetrend
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Passive sensors | Movida uses passive RFID for detecting assets that move in the proximity of a passive reader. The reader can be fixed or mobile. | > FEIG > KSW microtec > Oracle |
Ultrawideband location | Ultrawideband location exploits the characteristics of time synchronization of ultrawideband communication to achieve very high indoor location accuracy (< 50cm). Ultrawideband location is suitable for high-precision, real-time, 2D and 3D location. | > Multispectral Inc. |