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CRAWDAD tools/analyze/location/locana

Citation Author(s):
Thomas King
Stephan Kopf
Thomas Butter
Hendrik Lemelson (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Thomas Haenselmann (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Wolfgang Effelsberg
Submitted by:
CRAWDAD Team
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DOI:
10.15783/C79P4V
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Abstract

Locana - a visualization tool for 802.11-based positioning systems.

Locana is a research tool for 802.11-based positioning systems. Locana visualizes the results computed by Loctrace and Loceva.

Lastmodified :

2007-12-05

Dataname :

tools/analyze/location/locana

File :

locana-0.5.1.src.tar.gz, locana-0.5.1.tar.gz

Releasedate :

2007-09-14

Change :

the initial version.

References :

king-tools The Locana website

Website :

http://www.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pi4.data/content/projects/loclib/locana.html

Keyword :

802.11 GPS location

License :

This tool is released under the GNU General Public License. Please respect our work and abide the license.

Output :

See "usage" for details.

Parameters :

See "usage" for details.

Usage :

After downloading and unpacking the jar archive the RadioMap tool can be run with the following command: java -Xmx512M -cp batik-awt-util.jar:batik-bridge.jar:batik-css.jar:batik-dom.jar:batik-extension.jar:batik-ext.jar:batik-gui-util.jar:batik-gvt.jar:batik-parser.jar:batik-script.jar:batik-svg-dom.jar:batik-svggen.jar:batik-swing.jar:batik-transcoder.jar:batik-util.jar:batik-xml.jar:locana-0.5.1.jar:locutil1-0.5.1.jar:locutil2-0.5.2.jar:xerces_2_5_0.jar:xml-apis.jar org.pi4.locana.radiomap.RadioMap [-offline FILENAME] [-online FILENAME] [-maxgrid DOUBLE] FILENAME can be a loctrace file (.trace) or a loceva file (.ptrace) to switch between loctrace and loceva mode, respectively. One of the parameters -offline and -online is required, both are valid. The -maxgrid parameter can be used optionally to set the maximum grid spacing. The default value is 5.0.

Algorithm :

1. Overview Locana visualizes the results computed by Loctrace and Loceva. This helps verifying that the data traced by Loctrace is complete and sound. Intermediate results of Loceva can also be visualized. This is a great means to verify that these algorithms are working as they are supposed to do. A whole bunch of tools are grouped together in the Locana package. Locana contains many small tools that are supposed to perform special jobs. Most of these tools verify the output of Loctrace and Loceva, or list a certain object of a trace file. For instance, a tool called AccessPointLister prints out all the access points and how often they have been heard for a given trace file. 2. RadioMap However, Locana contains also a powerful tool named RadioMap. RadioMap offers two modes of operation: loctrace and loceva. The former mode visualizes trace files generated by Loctrace. This feature is mainly used to visually investigate a fingerprint database. For each reference point and access point the number of readings, the average signal strength and its standard deviation can be displayed. The same can be displayed for online points as well. Furthermore, the grid dimension and starting point of the grid of reference points can be varied. As previously mentioned, Loceva is able to optionally generate a file that logs intermediate results of positioning algorithms. Such a log file can be displayed in loceva mode of RadioMap. This helps to better understand how the selected positioning algorithm works, and to verify that the implementation works as it is supposed to.

Instructions:

The files in this directory are a CRAWDAD toolset hosted by IEEE DataPort. About CRAWDAD: the Community Resource for Archiving Wireless Data At Dartmouth is a data resource for the research community interested in wireless networks and mobile computing. CRAWDAD was founded at Dartmouth College in 2004, led by Tristan Henderson, David Kotz, and Chris McDonald. CRAWDAD toolsets are hosted by IEEE DataPort as of November 2022. Note: Please use the tools in an ethical and responsible way with the aim of doing no harm to any person or entity for the benefit of society at large. Please respect the privacy of any human subjects whose wireless-network activity is captured by the tools and comply with all applicable laws, including without limitation such applicable laws pertaining to the protection of personal information, security of data, and data breaches. Please do not apply, adapt or develop algorithms for the extraction of the true identity of users and other information of a personal nature, which might constitute personally identifiable information or protected health information under any such applicable laws. Do not publish or otherwise disclose to any other person or entity any information that constitutes personally identifiable information or protected health information under any such applicable laws derived from the tools through manual or automated techniques. Please acknowledge the source of the tools in any publications or presentations reporting use of this tools. Citation:

Thomas King, Stephan Kopf, Thomas Butter, Hendrik Lemelson, Thomas Haenselmann, Wolfgang Effelsberg, CRAWDAD toolset tools/analyze/location/locana (v. 2007‑09‑14) https://doi.org/10.15783/C79P4V, Sep 2007.

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