JugglingReferee
- Dec 14, 2013
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Hello. Noobie here.
A friend and I were talking about location services in cell phones. Then we were wondering about the same thing but on a much smaller scale.
Let's say you're in an open area (eg: baseball field or a golfing driving range), as in no concrete/buildings in the way. Is it possible to place three devices somewhere fixed, and then another device moves around, and when asked to do so, like pressing a button residing on said device, it can determine it's location with that triangulation? Would more than 3 fixed devices be required? Can it be done with 2?
What would you use for the fixed devices? They would have to respond to a signal sent out from the moving device, and then then send back the distance between the two.
With 3 of these distances, the math should be such that the moving device's location can be triangulated, correct?
A friend and I were talking about location services in cell phones. Then we were wondering about the same thing but on a much smaller scale.
Let's say you're in an open area (eg: baseball field or a golfing driving range), as in no concrete/buildings in the way. Is it possible to place three devices somewhere fixed, and then another device moves around, and when asked to do so, like pressing a button residing on said device, it can determine it's location with that triangulation? Would more than 3 fixed devices be required? Can it be done with 2?
What would you use for the fixed devices? They would have to respond to a signal sent out from the moving device, and then then send back the distance between the two.
With 3 of these distances, the math should be such that the moving device's location can be triangulated, correct?