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Indoor Location is an app that lets users explore indoor positioning technology firsthand. Launched in 2012, it demonstrates how location services work within buildings where GPS signals are unavailable. The app is… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Indoor Location you can try yourself launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   FIND – an indoor positioning system for smartphones and laptops▲183

   High-precision indoor positioning framework for most wifi-enabled devices. - schollz/find

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Find3 – An indoor positioning system for smartphones and laptops▲265

   High-precision indoor positioning framework, version 3. - schollz/find3

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Indoor Location▲63

   SDK for indoor location as a service with Estimote Beacons

   2014 · estimote.com · its alternatives →

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   Mapwize▲276

   A user-friendly indoor mapping platform

   2018 · mapwize.io · its alternatives →

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   4m-accuracy Indoor Location with Beacons▲71

   Super simple and accurate indoor positioning with the updated Estimote Indoor Location SDK Employing beacon technology to deliver indoor location solutions requires a deep understanding of the physics...

   2015 · blog.estimote.com · its alternatives →

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   Gyroscope 2.0▲388

   Now with Places, a new Moves replacement

   2018 · gyrosco.pe · its alternatives →

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   Realtime Location Tracker▲6

   This is a real-time location tracking application.

   2023 · locationtracker.emre.run · its alternatives →

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   Arc App▲133

   AI powered location tracker

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Find▲70

   High-precision indoor positioning framework for wifi-enabled

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Navisens▲124

    Indoor & outdoor location without beacons, WiFi, or GPS

    2018 · navisens.com · its alternatives →

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    Where/When▲67

    The personal and private tracking app

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Telegram 4.4▲278

    Broadcast your current location to any chat in real time

    2017 · telegram.org · its alternatives →

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    LocationAPI▲222

    Instantly locate any device w/ WiFi, celltowers & IP address

    2015 · unwiredlabs.com · its alternatives →

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    Visits▲130

    Your location timeline. Automatic and Private.

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Arc App 2.1▲125

    The best location and activity tracker for iOS.

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    WhereThings▲142

    Organize and locate your belongings effortlessly and smartly

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    From Photos to Positions: Prototyping VLM-Based Indoor Maps▲55

    Just a fun hack I did while bored over the weekend. My wife was busy shopping, it got me thinking that can VLMs solve the indoor location problem in a mall? Can I just show a VLM a map and an image and have it doa good enough job locating me? I hacked this P.O.C and it seems to work.

    2025 · arjo129.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Location Diary▲84

    Decentralized personal location tracker

    2019 · locationdiary.com · its alternatives →

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    Spacetime locates a contact on a map by texting them a link to click on▲89

    I find myself often texting people, "where are you?" so I wrote this little iPhone app that lets me text them a special link. When they click the link, it uses the HTML5 geolocation API to report their location and shows it on a map. http://whru.at/ It's only as accurate as the HTML5 geolocation API, but I've been finding it pretty useful. What do you think?

    2012 · whru.at · its alternatives →

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    Indoorway▲97

    Launch smart experiences in any indoor space

    2017 · indoorway.com · its alternatives →

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    WIZT▲70

    A home inventory app to record, search and locate items fast

    2019 · helios-eos.com · its alternatives →

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    TICE▲68

    Secure location sharing app

    2021 · ticeapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Internal positioning of all smartphones using Raspberry Pis▲13

    Track the location of every Wi-Fi device (:iphone:) in your house using Raspberry Pis and FIND - schollz/find-lf

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mapsted Navigation▲8

    Indoor navigation app: easily find your way inside malls

    2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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