Yeah, This article (http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5859) talks about locating and tracking staff in a library, but it uses Androids with a phone app built for the purpose.
Carol -- Carol Bean Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 05:52, Cary Gordon wrote: > It shouldn’t be impossible, but it would be tricky. Normally, users connect > to one access point at a time. To locate a user would require connecting to > two or three. I am sure that there is some utility library to do this, but it > would need to be incorporated in an app and loaded on the user side. > > Cary > > > On Jan 18, 2015, at 7:24 AM, Fleming, Jason <flemi...@uncw.edu > > (mailto:flemi...@uncw.edu)> wrote: > > > > Has anyone used Wi-Fi to determine a user's position within the library to > > help them zero in on a book's location using their mobile browser? > > > > I've seen a number of interesting articles and posts, but haven't come > > across any actual use cases. I'm wondering if all the metal shelving in a > > library would make this impossible? > > > > Jason Fleming > > University of North Carolina Wilmington > > flemi...@uncw.edu (mailto:flemi...@uncw.edu) > > > > >
