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Articles on indoor location systems

The Grizzly Analytics phones are ringing constantly with questions about indoor location positioning.  This is because our report on indoor location technologies was the first industry report covering this new area, which is growing but only now reaching the mass market.

Here is a list of recent articles on indoor location systems, all of which quote Grizzly Analytics analysis of the area:




In addition to our report on indoor location positioning technology, we also have a report focusing on systems available now to site managers (due to be updated soon).  We also do a lot of custom consulting projects for clients wanting to learn more about this and other new areas of mobile technology.  Contact us now for more!



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