Landmarke
May 11th, 2012 | Published in Research
In the landmarke BMBF project TECO researches how a mobile ad hoc wireless sensor network can improve firefighter navigation in harsh indoor environments. The landmarke vision describes a system which does not focus on precise locationing but on providing navigational support which builds on the existing skills of firefighters. During the mission the firefighters themselves deploy the landmarke sensor nodes as they find it the most useful. This system provides navigational support by using the deployed nodes, also known as landmarken, as way points to navigate to important places and to track firefighters moving along the nodes. Landmarken further allow the storage of tactical information. They mark special places and can indicate which spaces have already been searched or which haven’t been explored yet. While exploring the fire field firefighters further collect knowledge about their environment and synchronize their knowledge with fellow comrades to complement their view of the scene.
Selected Publications
(2011) Landmarke: an ad hoc deployable ubicomp infrastructure to support indoor navigation of firefighters, Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Special Issue Extreme Navigation), doi:10.1007/s00779-011-0462-5
(2010) Evaluation of wireless sensor technologies in a firefighting environment, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems
(2010) A flexible architecture for a robust indoor navigation support device for firefighters, Proceedings of the seventh International Conference On Networked Sensing Systems INSS2010, Springer, doi:10.1109/INSS.2010.5573554
(2010) A MVC Prototype for the landmarke Firefighter Navigation System, International Internet of Things Conference (IOT 2010), pdf
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Start/End:
2008-2011
Partners:
Institute of Firefighter Education NRW, Draeger Safety, Fire Brigade of the City of Cologne, Interactive Wear, Winckel GmbH & Co. KG, Fraunhofer FIT, University Of Siegen, BIBA GmbH
Research
Topics: Wireless sensor networks, Ubiquitous Computing applications, Navigation and orientation support