[WISPA] ekahau for missing children

2008-06-30 Thread Rogelio
On a conference call today, someone asked if I knew of a solution that a large theme park chain might use to locate missing children. (Not really knowing the market, I (off the cuff) suggested they look at Ekahau. But I told them that wasn't my thing and that I'd have to connect them with

Re: [WISPA] ekahau for missing children

2008-06-30 Thread Jack Unger
Roger, I'm not an expert but you are basically on the mark. Ekahau or other location-based systems should be able to track children if the children are wearing active Wi-Fi tags. jack Rogelio wrote: On a conference call today, someone asked if I knew of a solution that a large theme park

Re: [WISPA] ekahau for missing children

2008-06-30 Thread Forrest W Christian
The other thought I might have would be to give each kid an RFID tag, and then strategically set up the RFID readers throughout the park. I can also think of lots of interesting data you could gather as a theme park owner about patron habits if each was carrying a RFID tag... -forrest

Re: [WISPA] ekahau for missing children

2008-06-30 Thread Gino Villarini
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ekahau for missing children Roger, I'm not an expert but you are basically on the mark. Ekahau or other location-based systems should be able to track children