Gatwick Airport installs 2,000 beacons to support 'augmented reality wayfinding'

Sooraj Shah
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Airport believes new system will be more reliable than GPS or Google Maps

Gatwick Airport has installed about 2,000 beacons across its two terminals, that it hopes will provide a more reliable navigation system than GPS for passengers. The beacon-based positioning sys...

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