> On Jun 18, 2018, at 04:38, Yahya M. Jaber <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just want to gather feedback from anyone who uses indoor navigation for > their campus, what is your feedback on your solution? What solution do you > use? What problems do you face?
We used the Meridian system from Aruba/HPE in our new business school building last year, and our engineering school did a limited pilot before that. The system works in general, and Aruba support from the product team as always is excellent. The particular challenges we face are: 1.) The system itself costs a fair bit of money, so customers need to do a lot of planning from a budgeting perspective. I and others have been talking about alternative licensing models with Aruba, since the higher ed use case is definitely different from those of the original customer bases. 2.) The business school building specifically offered some unique challenges in terms of architecture. There are huge open atriums and other spaces that lead to beacons being _too_ visible, which can occasionally confuse the device trying to do the triangulation. 3.) While the development environment is quite easy to pick up, customers need to account for development time, especially if external integrations need to be built in. Just like #1, this adds to the necessary planning and resources that need to be brought to bear. -- Julian Y. Koh Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern Information Technology 2020 Ridge Avenue #331 Evanston, IL 60208 +1-847-467-5780 Northwestern IT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key: <https://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
