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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 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 October 13, 2013

INDOOR ATLAS HOPES TO UNLOCK THE “HOLY GRAIL OF ADVERTISING” WITH MAGNETIC-FIELD MAPPING

Fast Company:   With today’s technology, it seems like almost every bit of Earth has been mapped–even parts of the underwater world. But it’s a different story inside buildings. With the accuracy of GPS faltering indoors and radio waves providing marginal improvement, navigating inside isn’t as simple as firing up a maps application. IndoorAtlas believes it has found […]

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 […]