Available for an ArcGIS organization licensed with the IPS extension.
ArcGIS IPS is an indoor positioning system (IPS) extension that provides geolocation for a wide variety of indoor location use cases. IPS allows you to locate yourself indoors by displaying a blue dot on an indoor map. You can navigate to people, places, and assets inside of a facility in real time. With the integration of the IPS into the Esri platform, ArcGIS users can improve their operational efficiency by making better-informed decisions.
To enable indoor positioning, you must survey your facilities to collect data about your indoor spaces. ArcGIS IPS Setup is a mobile app for Android and iOS that allows you to plan and perform survey recordings inside facilities and sites to collect location data. Recordings can be uploaded from the app to an ArcGIS organization and used to create a positioning file. Once you have created the indoor positioning file, return to the IPS Setup app to test the indoor positioning system.
Required software
One of the following is required to use IPS:
- ArcGIS Enterprise 10.9.1 or later for a portal connection
- An ArcGIS Online organization
Licensing ArcGIS IPS
To use the Indoor Positioning geoprocessing tools and perform recordings using thethe ArcGIS IPS Setup app, your organization must be licensed with the ArcGIS IPS organization capability. Organization members must be assigned a license for the ArcGIS IPS user type extension.
Complete the following steps to assign a user the ArcGIS IPS user type extension:
- Add the ArcGIS IPS organization capability to your ArcGIS Online organization or Enterprise portal.
Note:
If using the Enterprise, Enterprise 10.9.1 or later is required.
- Assign the ArcGIS IPS user type extension to users within your organization who need to access Indoor Positioning geoprocessing tools and the IPS Setup app.
Note:
This user type extension can be included as an add-on for user types with at least the capability to view and edit data, such as Mobile Worker, Editor, Creator, and GIS Professional user types. Users must be licensed for ArcGIS Pro Standard or ArcGIS Pro Advanced to access ArcGIS IPS geoprocessing tools inArcGIS Pro.
Members of an ArcGIS organization that are licensed for ArcGIS IPS and have been assigned the ArcGIS IPS user type extension can access Indoor Positioning geoprocessing tools in ArcGIS Pro by completing the following:
- Open ArcGIS Pro.
- Add a connection to an ArcGIS organization that has the ArcGIS IPS organization capability.
- Sign in as a user assigned with the ArcGIS IPS user type extension.
- Make the connection your active portal.
Create the ArcGIS IPS Information Model
Use the Enable Indoor Positioning tool to create an IPS Core Model in an existing workspace. The model contains the table and feature classes required for surveying facilities and generating a positioning file for use in IPS-enabled apps.
Use the Create IPS Quality Dataset tool to create an IPS Quality Dataset, which contains feature classes necessary to store quality assessment results.
Learn more about creating theIPS Core Mode and IPS Quality Dataset
Create floor plan data
To accurately locate yourself during the survey process, you must use floor plan data that conforms to the ArcGIS Indoors Information Model or create the required feature classes and floor plan data.
Create transitions
Transitions in IPS differ from transitions in ArcGIS Indoors and are used to define facility entrances and exits. This information is used by IPS during the positioning phase to provide a smoother transition from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to IPS. To enable transitions, you'll need to use an Indoors model or create a feature class to add transitions to your floor plan data. The following are the primary steps for creating transitions:
- Configure a Transitions feature class created with Indoors geoprocessing tools or create a feature class for transitions.
- Add transitions to the floor plan data.
Create pathways
Pathways represent a predefined routing network and are used by IPS to snap your location indicator to Pathways line features. To enable pathway snapping, use pathway features that conform to the Indoors model or create a feature class for pathways and add pathway features to the floor plan data. The following are the primary steps for creating pathways:
- Configure a Pathways feature class created with Indoors geoprocessing tools or create a feature class for pathways.
- Add pathways to the floor plan data.
Create survey paths
Survey paths are linear features that represent the predefined paths where you plan to record a survey using the IPS Setup app. The preplanned survey paths are stored as IPS Recordings features without having a recording attachment yet.
You can create survey paths in ArcGIS Pro, IPS Setup app, ArcGIS Field Maps app, or in the Map Viewer of your ArcGIS organization before going on-site and increase your productivity and efficiency.
Create beacons features
The Beacons feature class is a part of the IPS Core Model and is used for the following:
- To identify the location of deployed Bluetooth beacons
- To inspect and monitor status and configurations of beacons
- To plan optimal distribution of beacons within a facility for a future deployment
- As input for further analysis of a deployment
You can enable these functions by creating Beacons features in ArcGIS Pro, Field Maps app, or the Map Viewer of your ArcGIS organization.
ArcGIS IPS Setup app
Once you create the IPS Information Model, you can prepare and share a web map for use in IPS Setup. The app allows you to plan and perform surveys to collect the environmental data required to enable indoor positioning. The survey data is stored as recordings features that can be uploaded from IPS Setup to the web map shared to your ArcGIS organization. The survey data can then be processed into and converted to an indoor positioning file using the Generate Indoor Positioning File tool in ArcGIS Pro. The positioning performance provided by the generated positioning file can then be tested on-site using the test mode of the app.