Using Wi-Fi for low-power locationing

In this video we take a look at Nordic’s silicon-to-cloud locationing solution. How do cellular, GNSS and Wi-Fi work together for best-in-class locationing?
nRF7000 dedicated IC for SSID-based Wi-Fi locationing
- Optimized for locationing and asset tracking use case
- Dual-band Wi-Fi
- Active and passive scanning
- Learn more: www.nordicsemi.com/nRF7000
nRF9160 SiP
- Fully integrated SiP for cellular IoT
- Multimode LTE-M/NB-IoT modem with GNSS
- 700-2200 MHz LTE band support
- Certified for global operation
- Dedicated application processor and memory
- Learn more: www.nordicsemi.com/nRF9160
nRF Cloud
- Location services
- Protocol agnostic
- Device management
- Secure
- Assisted GPS (A-GPS)
- Predicted GPS (P-GPS)
- Learn More www.nordicsemi.com/Products/C...

[@robinjansen51]

If you use wifi for localisation, don't you need to lookup the WiFi AP's in an online database (which requires more power and an LTE connection)?

[@NordicSemi]

Yes that is correct. That still uses a lot less than GPS. The Database we use is in our nRF Cloud, but you are free to use any you want.