PeterAlt
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Interesting... Didn't know about this technology. Apple had a similar technology that it uses for its iPhones and iPads that localized exact location of objects in a room.
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That makes sense.
Tom
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Tom
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On phone and at WDW, so can't look this up. Took this pic at MK last night from one of the new Frontierland boardwalks. Looks like a new boat landing, but it doesn't fit anything used by guests. Perhaps from the boardwalk work?
On phone and at WDW, so can't look this up. Took this pic at MK last night from one of the new Frontierland boardwalks. Looks like a new boat landing, but it doesn't fit anything used by guests. Perhaps from the boardwalk work?
dstrawn9889
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so they know exactly where it is on the route? a second antenna for closer traingulation?
msteel
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Neither did I. The permit intrigued me, and I happend to choose some good search terms to plunk into Google. The Wikipedia summary made sense so I shared.
PeterAlt
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This tells me that the company is continuing their investments in NextGen technologies for MyMagic+. I'm sure this will continue to evolve and get better. This is a very good thing!
I don't think this has anything to do with MyMagic+, this is for parade use so probably to track the location of the floats.
PeterAlt
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It could also be used for network technologies, including MM+. I'm sure they're not going to tell their programmers not to use this. If it's there, it can only help.
NeXuS1000
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MagicBands are not equipped with GPS transmitters, as I understand it, so I doubt it's connected to that.
dstrawn9889
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correct... VSR touch transponder, and a med range transponder (think Bluetooth Range - since that is what the transmit/recieve is, with a different codebase)
Tom
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Right. Specifically to track floats, since they've done away with puck system.
Won't be used for Magic Bands. No GPS in use there, just RFID.
PeterAlt
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I'm talking about smart phone apps.
I don't think many cell phones support DGPS. Besides, if Disney want's to track your exact location they can already do that with the hardware in the bands.
Tom
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I don't know how exact Disney's abilities are. They're using RFID triangulation, I believe. They have no purpose to track you down to within feet.
They want to know if you're on a certain ride vehicle, so that the photo links properly to your account, and that can be done with one directional scanner. They will someday want to know if you're near Mouse Gears, so they can entice you to go in and buy something, but that can be done with one or two scanners and only needs to locate you to within a moderately large area.
But it's important for them to be able to track the EXACT location, speed and direction of parade floats for safety and proper spacing/timing.
I don't know what they have implemented, but with proper receivers the technology in the bands could be used for pretty accurate triangulation. People have been experimenting with this for quite some time...
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