Indoor Mapping Blog

Updated February 28, 2019: This post was originally published on February 18th, 2015 and has been updated to reflect technology and market changes.

“The Internet of Things (IoT) is a popular term bouncing around the technology sector at the moment. In fact, this section of the market is earmarked for extraordinary growth; predictions are putting it at the largest device market in the world by 2019.” That’s how we started this post when we originally published it in 2015. Now that it’s 2019, we thought it was worth revisiting and updating this post to reflect all of the changes that have taken place over the last four years.

Last week, I was present as HIMSS19 took over Orlando with thousands of healthcare providers and technology professionals converging to discuss innovation and emerging technologies in healthcare. The excitement around the newly unveiled information blocking rule has increased the push for vendor interoperability and while the healthcare industry is certainly rife with legacy technology, sensitive data, and bureaucracy, it is on the precipice of monumental change. In recent years, we’ve seen hospitals and healthcare facilities taking small steps towards holistic digital healthcare delivery, and after such an exciting week at HIMSS19, I expect we’re going to see them take bigger strides towards a healthcare landscape which has fully embraced innovation and is well on its way to harnessing the power of the Internet of Things (IoT).

When it comes to indoor mapping and navigation projects, there are lots of buzzwords and terms that get used with little explanation. They sound straightforward at first passing, but when it comes time to choose a vendor, many organizations find that the services that they thought they were exploring are actually something completely different, or depend upon other solutions they did not know about. At Jibestream, we’re big fans of clarity and transparency, so we’ve put together this starting glossary to break down the jargon and cut through the clutter.

Indoor mapping presents an exciting opportunity for enterprise organizations, but it also comes with its own unique set of challenges. In this emerging market, there are few set standards, complex integrations, rapidly changing business requirements, and many unanswered questions.