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Create survey-based positioning data

Available for an ArcGIS organization licensed with the ArcGIS IPS extension.

After preparing all of the required data components for survey-based indoor positioning, you can generate an IPS positioning dataset.

To generate an IPS positioning dataset, complete the following steps:

  1. Start ArcGIS Pro.
  2. Open the map you have created for IPS enablement or create a new one.
  3. On the ribbon, click the Analysis tab and click Tools Tools.

    The Geoprocessing pane appears.

  4. In the Geoprocessing pane, click the Toolboxes tab.
  5. Expand Indoor Positioning Tools and click Generate Indoor Positioning Dataset.

    The Generate Indoor Positioning Dataset tool opens in the Geoprocessing pane.

  6. Click the Target IPS Positioning Datasets drop-down arrow, or click Browse Browse, and choose the IPS Positioning Datasets feature class that you want to use to store the positioning data.
  7. Provide a unique name for the dataset in the Output Dataset Name text box.
  8. Click the Generation Method drop-down arrow and click Survey-Based.
  9. Click the Level Features drop-down arrow, or click the Browse button Browse, and choose the Levels feature class.
  10. Click the IPS Recordings Features drop-down arrow, or click the Browse button Browse, and choose the IPS Recordings feature class.
  11. Optionally, click the IPS Beacons Features drop-down arrow, or click the Browse button Browse, and choose the IPS Beacons feature class.

    Providing IPS beacon features when generating the Bluetooth IPS positioning dataset with the survey-based generation method has two key benefits:

    • Enables adaptive radio positioning, a functionality that improves indoor positioning accuracy on low-end Android devices
    • Filters out Bluetooth data in a survey recording coming from beacons that are not part of your IPS beacon deployment, ensuring that indoor positioning relies only on your controlled infrastructure

    Learn more about creating IPS beacon features

    Note:

    IPS beacon features do not have to be provided when generating a Wi-Fi IPS positioning dataset.

  12. Click Run.

The tool uses the relationship classes to generate IPS positioning points and signals related to the feature class that you set in the Target IPS Positioning Datasets parameter and populates them with positioning data.

You can use this data to create an IPS-aware map.

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