Navizon Peer-to-Peer Wireless Positioning -In early 2005, a small group of hardcore GPS geeks (who were tired of their GPS devices not working in dense cities, urban canyons, indoors, etc) got together to come up with a solution that would enhance the performance of their GPS equipment and applications. Our goal was to find a way to make our own GPS devices work in difficult, if not IMPOSSIBLE situations.
The result was Navizon Pocket PC Client Software.
But then we got to thinking; not everybody can afford a GPS receiver and sometimes people who do own them often don't have them handy when they need them -- so -- wouldn't it be cool if you could accurately navigate urban and suburban areas using just WiFi and Cellular signals? I'm mean, those signals are pretty much everywhere people are... Our thinking lead us to envision a dynamic, collaborative, networked "Wireless Positioning System" that would be 1) EASY and 2) FUN! -- that could help people in cities and suburbs around the world navigate using only available wireless signals (Cellular and 802.11 WiFI). |
