Hi everyone,
I wondered if any of you are using data from Cisco WiFi to work out building occupancy?
It was possible in the past (with CMX) and is possible now (with Cisco Spaces).
The promise is: use existing hardware assets (WiFi access points) to gain new insights (how many people are in a building).
The downsides are: accuracy issues; and eye-watering license fees.
So...
Have you tried it? If so...did it work, are you using it now, is it useful?
Or tried/failed - any lessons learned?
My contribution, FWIW, is:
- Tried it a few years ago with CMX - it was very clunky, not really practically usable, lots of accuracy issues (WiFi is designed for coverage/capacity not location)
- I've seen a handrolled solution (programmatically: log into each AP, show connected users, dump into a DB, write your own code to sort it out - quite a few issues but no licensing costs)
- The possible benefits (quick view of rough occupation, everywhere, with real-time and historic data) is very tempting! -- we will probably do some kind of pilot/test in the coming months. Happy to share results if there is interest.
Best wishes,
Ben
Ben Goodyear
Director of Solution Design
King’s College London
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