Landmarke: an ad hoc deployable ubicomp infrastructure to support indoor navigation of firefighters

Authors:
Leonardo Ramirez;Tobias Dyrks;Jan Gerwinski;Matthias Betz;Markus Scholz;Volker Wulf
Affiliations:
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Sankt Augustin, Germany and Department of Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany;Department of Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany;Department of Germanistics and Applied Linguistics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany;Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Sankt Augustin, Germany;TecO, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany;Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Sankt Augustin, Germany and Department of Information Systems and New Media, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Venue:
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Indoor navigation plays a central role for the safety of firefighters. The circumstances in which a firefighting intervention occurs represent a rather complex challenge for the design of supporting technology. In this paper, we present the results of our work designing an ad hoc ubicomp infrastructure to support navigation of firefighters working in structure fires inside the zone of danger. We take a wider approach, complementing the technical questions with the development of effective navigation practices based on technology available today. We provide an overview of the complete design process, from the theoretical and empirical underpinnings to the construction and evaluation of three iterations of the platform. We report the results of our evaluation and the implications and tensions uncovered in this process, and we discuss the challenges and implications of it for the design of ubicomp for firefighters.