Can you determine the position of a device using beacons?

Adrian Ziobro
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You need at least 3 beacons in order to do things like triangulation or trilateration based on the received signal strength of the beacons (RSSI).

Signal strength can be affected by your beacon's environment and other factors, so the location will be an approximation. The more beacons you have, the better the results will be.

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  • Yusuf Yeniturkogullari

    Ok , how can I know the signal strength ? when I use kontakt app , I just see 0 or 100% signal strength , so I need know about the Closeness rate from the beacon , not just 100% or 0%

    Regards ,

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  • Adrian Ziobro

    Hello Yusuf,

    Like I've mentioned in my email to you, it all depends on the platform that you're developing your app for. E.g. on iOS these details are available in the CLBeacon objects.

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  • Matias Gualino

    Hi, the accuracy of CLBeacon varies a lot until leaving still. This is normal?

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  • Martin

    Variation is expected within a certain margin.

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  • Jul4a

    Hello, 

    Im developing Android app using beacons. Can you help me, what type of beacon should I buy If I want to measure the distance between app user and beacon?

    I need a beacon that know to send multiple packets at a time. And know to measure the real distance. 

     

    Thank you. 

     

     

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