StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition
This paper illustrates the software suite developed for Track 1 of the IPIN competition, which evaluates smartphone apps for indoor localization. Competitors have one day before the trial day to survey the competition area. On the trial day, an independent “actor” carries the competing system on sma...
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| author | Michele Girolami Paolo Baronti Francesco Potortì Antonino Crivello Filippo Palumbo |
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| description | This paper illustrates the software suite developed for Track 1 of the IPIN competition, which evaluates smartphone apps for indoor localization. Competitors have one day before the trial day to survey the competition area. On the trial day, an independent “actor” carries the competing system on smartphone and walks a predefined path. Competing systems provide continuous location estimates, which are later compared to a ground truth. We describe the software suite used to gather and present the results: the StepLogger Android application for real-time logging of position estimates and the EvaalScore tool for performance evaluation.StepLogger collects location estimating data from competitors with a timestamp, while EvaalScore calculates the accuracy of the competing systems. The competition ranking is based on the third quartile of point localization error. The presented software suite ensures a standardized and fair assessment of competing systems, thus promoting reproducibility and transparency in indoor localization research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-65e454cde30540198bcac6443159fec22025-08-20T03:48:13ZengElsevierSoftwareX2352-71102025-05-013010211510.1016/j.softx.2025.102115StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competitionMichele Girolami0Paolo Baronti1Francesco Potortì2Antonino Crivello3Filippo Palumbo4Information Sciences and Technologies Institute ISTI CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1 -56124, Pisa, ItalyInformation Sciences and Technologies Institute ISTI CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1 -56124, Pisa, ItalyInformation Sciences and Technologies Institute ISTI CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1 -56124, Pisa, ItalyInformation Sciences and Technologies Institute ISTI CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1 -56124, Pisa, ItalyCorresponding author.; Information Sciences and Technologies Institute ISTI CNR, Via G. Moruzzi 1 -56124, Pisa, ItalyThis paper illustrates the software suite developed for Track 1 of the IPIN competition, which evaluates smartphone apps for indoor localization. Competitors have one day before the trial day to survey the competition area. On the trial day, an independent “actor” carries the competing system on smartphone and walks a predefined path. Competing systems provide continuous location estimates, which are later compared to a ground truth. We describe the software suite used to gather and present the results: the StepLogger Android application for real-time logging of position estimates and the EvaalScore tool for performance evaluation.StepLogger collects location estimating data from competitors with a timestamp, while EvaalScore calculates the accuracy of the competing systems. The competition ranking is based on the third quartile of point localization error. The presented software suite ensures a standardized and fair assessment of competing systems, thus promoting reproducibility and transparency in indoor localization research.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000822Indoor localizationPerformance evaluationSmartphone-based positioning |
| spellingShingle | Michele Girolami Paolo Baronti Francesco Potortì Antonino Crivello Filippo Palumbo StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition SoftwareX Indoor localization Performance evaluation Smartphone-based positioning |
| title | StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition |
| title_full | StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition |
| title_fullStr | StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition |
| title_full_unstemmed | StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition |
| title_short | StepLogger and EvaalScore: The software suite of the IPIN onsite indoor localization competition |
| title_sort | steplogger and evaalscore the software suite of the ipin onsite indoor localization competition |
| topic | Indoor localization Performance evaluation Smartphone-based positioning |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352711025000822 |
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