From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation
With the rapid growth of technology in intelligent city networks, navigating inside complex buildings has become increasingly difficult. The indoor Global Positioning System (GPS), which operates within an ultra-high radio frequency range, suffers from signal degradation due to thick walls. The lack...
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| description | With the rapid growth of technology in intelligent city networks, navigating inside complex buildings has become increasingly difficult. The indoor Global Positioning System (GPS), which operates within an ultra-high radio frequency range, suffers from signal degradation due to thick walls. The lack of GPS signals and the inability to maintain a line of sight with orbiting satellites make indoor navigation more challenging than outdoor environments. Although Radio Frequency (RF) signals, Assisted GPS, and sensor-based solutions are used to track users indoors, they each have limitations. This paper introduces the Enhanced Smart Indoor Navigation System Using Augmented Reality (ESINS_AR), which offers a solution to these challenges using available and accessible resources. ESINS_AR facilitates easy location of places like shops within shopping malls, specific hotel rooms, or university lecture rooms by providing users with reasonably accurate visual assistance through their smartphones. Inspired by Augmented Reality (AR) and 2-D visual markers, the system uses several markers throughout the building. When scanned using the application, these markers display arrows on the screen, guiding users to their destination. The application allows users to select and change their desired destination as needed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce77800060a6470aa167d2ffcc72f87d2025-08-20T02:11:55ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113552115523010.1109/ACCESS.2025.355231910930457From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor NavigationAla Saleh Alluhaidan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-9705Latifa Abdullah Almusfar1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3944-0447Ahmed Younes Shdefat2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2221-2170Ahmed Elsayed Mansour3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-9613Diaa Salama Abdelminaam4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-9906Yasmin Alkady5Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Management Information Systems, College of Business Administration, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila, KuwaitFaculty of Computer Sciences, Misr International University, Cairo, EgyptFaculty of Computer Sciences, Misr International University, Cairo, EgyptFaculty of Computer Sciences, Misr International University, Cairo, EgyptWith the rapid growth of technology in intelligent city networks, navigating inside complex buildings has become increasingly difficult. The indoor Global Positioning System (GPS), which operates within an ultra-high radio frequency range, suffers from signal degradation due to thick walls. The lack of GPS signals and the inability to maintain a line of sight with orbiting satellites make indoor navigation more challenging than outdoor environments. Although Radio Frequency (RF) signals, Assisted GPS, and sensor-based solutions are used to track users indoors, they each have limitations. This paper introduces the Enhanced Smart Indoor Navigation System Using Augmented Reality (ESINS_AR), which offers a solution to these challenges using available and accessible resources. ESINS_AR facilitates easy location of places like shops within shopping malls, specific hotel rooms, or university lecture rooms by providing users with reasonably accurate visual assistance through their smartphones. Inspired by Augmented Reality (AR) and 2-D visual markers, the system uses several markers throughout the building. When scanned using the application, these markers display arrows on the screen, guiding users to their destination. The application allows users to select and change their desired destination as needed.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10930457/Augmented realityglobal positioning systemindoor navigationradiofrequency |
| spellingShingle | Ala Saleh Alluhaidan Latifa Abdullah Almusfar Ahmed Younes Shdefat Ahmed Elsayed Mansour Diaa Salama Abdelminaam Yasmin Alkady From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation IEEE Access Augmented reality global positioning system indoor navigation radiofrequency |
| title | From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation |
| title_full | From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation |
| title_fullStr | From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation |
| title_short | From GPS to AR: Leveraging Augmented Reality and Grid-Based Systems for Improved Indoor Navigation |
| title_sort | from gps to ar leveraging augmented reality and grid based systems for improved indoor navigation |
| topic | Augmented reality global positioning system indoor navigation radiofrequency |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10930457/ |
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