FirstNet Researching Best Technologies for Locating Callers, Acting CTO Says
FirstNet is researching and analyzing different indoor location technologies, acting Chief Technology Officer Jeff Bratcher said Monday in a blog post. Vertical location identification, the height of a caller above or below ground level, is critical for first responders, Bratcher…
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said. “When public safety personnel are responding to incidents in dense urban environments, the ability of incident commanders to track firefighters as they ascend in a tall building or law enforcement in below-ground subway systems would be extremely helpful to response operations.” Working at FirstNet's technical headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, researchers are looking at the use of barometric or atmospheric air-pressure sensors, terrestrial location service beacons, GPS and other satellite systems and other ways of measuring height, he said.