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News in 2014 November 25, 2014

Indoor Atlas uses magnetic variation to map the great indoors

Venture Beat – HELSINKI — It’s easy to get lost in cavernous indoor spaces like shopping malls and Las Vegas casinos. Indoor Atlas is one of many tech companies racing to map indoor spaces, and it uses an approach that is similar to how turtles and lobsters navigate the oceans. The Helsinki-based startup senses magnetic variation. It […]

News in 2014 September 2, 2014

Baidu Invests in Finnish Software Developer IndoorAtlas

HELSINKI—IndoorAtlas says China’s leading search engine Baidu Inc. has invested $10 million in the Finnish software developer, whose indoor mapping platform can help retailers track their customers’ movements inside buildings. IndoorAtlas was founded in 2012 by a group of research scientists at the University of Oulu in Finland. The company, which has offices in Oulu and in Mountain […]

News in 2014 May 29, 2014

New York Times: “Mapping Our Interiors”

New York Times – May 18, 2014:  Sure, that’s your office cubicle. Your corner store. Maybe even the layout of your furniture in your living room. But that doesn’t mean that soon we won’t all be peering at it, too.  That is because two trends, location technology and crowdsourcing, may soon converge. If they do, […]

News in 2014 April 4, 2014

Indoor Atlas Showcased @ DEMO Enterprise 2014

Wibe Wagemans, president of Indoor Atlas presents at DEMO Enterprise in San Francisco on April 3, 2014.  Indoor Atlas delivers the world’s first & most accurate indoor positioning system using cellphones and earth’s magnetic fields. To view the presentation: click on image or visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDvofmr7d1c

News in 2013 December 4, 2013

Indoor Atlas Named Northern Europe’s Hottest Start-Up

Finland’s tech scene is booming.  The country is home to successful companies like Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, Nokia, and multibillion-dollar gaming company SuperCell. In Finland tech ecosystem alone, the start-ups are highly supportive of each other.  The Finnish government also provides financial assistance to start-ups to fuel its ecosystem. Last year, Finnish government-backed public […]

News in 2013 October 13, 2013

WSJ Live Interviews Indoor Atlas’ Founder & CEO Dr. Janne Haverninen, Ph.D.

The Wall Street Journal:  GPS has revolutionized the way people get from place to place but it hasn’t prevented people from getting lost once they reach their destination. A new app aims to change all that by introducing indoor GPS to the shopping experience that helps orient shoppers to items. Dr. Janne Haverninen, CEO of […]

News in 2013 September 2, 2013

ABC NEWS: “Taking Mobile Technology to the Next Level”

ABC News story on “Taking Mobile Technology to the Next Level” features an interview with Indoor Atlas‘ Founder & CEO, Dr. Janne Haverinen, Ph.D. discussing the new frontier in location–indoor mapping & positioning, and how Indoor Atlas’ technology using smartphones and the earth’s magnetic fields is changing how we see the great indoors.   

News in 2013 April 1, 2013

Mobility Ventures Invests in Indoor Atlas’ €500,000 Seed Round

 Mobility Ventures Invests in Disruptive New Indoor Location & Positioning Technology Using Earth’s Magnetic Fields Offering Centimeter Accuracy Mobility Ventures, a leading global venture capital firm in wireless, today announced an investment in a new disruptive indoor positioning and mapping technology company called Indoor Atlas Ltd. which is the world’s first company to utilize magnetic […]