John, Not sure what standard spitting distance is, but that seems like fairly good resolution. Maybe the distance I can spit is lower than average, however.
-- Hunter Fuller OIT Sent from my phone. On Apr 22, 2015 8:12 AM, "Cosgrove, John" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am still at the starting edge and that is one of my questions as > well. There are a lot of cases where I can see that getting a device in > “spitting distance” pardon the expression would be very useful in many > cases. There are cases where they need more specific location resolution > and that may require some other technology other than Wi-Fi. > > > > I can see at this point use cases for Tags, People, and patients. And I > now each of these can also break down further. I am starting to have these > specific conversations with users. > > > > I am just trying to get example of real people deploying a location > service in their institution and see how it turned out. Vendors want to > Sell Sell Sell…. > > > > JC > > > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Luke Jenkins > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 21, 2015 6:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wi-Fi Location tracking Success or Failure > > > > Two big questions that will shape the discussion: what level of resolution > are you expecting, and are you interested in location information for > client devices (people) or tags (equipment)? > > > > -Luke > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Luke Jenkins > Network Engineer > Weber State University > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:13 AM, Cosgrove, John <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Has anyone out here been involved in any Wi-Fi location tracking > projects? Not only looking for the successes but interested in the > failures. > > > > So many vendor videos to watch to see how this is “better than sliced > bread”. > > > > I have over the course of time been involved with discussions from staff > about the need to have a system to do this but nobody have really been > successful in communication what they really need and how this information > will manifest to some work improvement. > > > > We are a University Hospital so this is the main driver for location > tracking. > > > > Feel free to respond off line if you like. Especially failures if you > don’t wish to air that here. > > > > Thanks to all for the great information and experiences found here. > > > > John Cosgrove > > Wireless Staff Specialist > > Penn State Hershey Medical Center > > Penn State College of Medicine > > [email protected] > > > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
