Meridian Platform Overview Follow
The Meridian Editor is the content management system (CMS) providing the content that powers the Meridian-powered apps. This document provides an overview of the way that data flows in and out of the Meridian Editor.
Meridian Editor Data Flows
Meridian Editor data flows to and from four different resources. These resources are: the Meridian SDK, HPE Aruba Networking hardware, Google Cloud Services, and other third-party services.
Meridian SDK
The Meridian SDK provides the functions that send and receive data from Google Cloud Services, HPE Aruba Networking Hardware, and other third-party services.
It’s helpful to think of the Meridian SDK as running on iOS and Android devices in terms of where data is moving.
In order for the Meridian SDK to send and receive data, both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth need to be enabled on a device with a Meridian-powered SDK app.
HPE Aruba Networking Hardware
Of the wide variety of HPE Aruba Networking hardware, Meridian utilizes HPE Aruba Networking controllers, Access Points (APs) and Instant Access Points (IAPs).
Beacon hardware sends out Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals that support location and notification services in a Meridian-powered app.
As a user with a Meridian-powered SDK app walks through a location with a Beacon deployment, the app uses Location Beacon Bluetooth signals to calculate the user’s blue dot location on a map in real time.
HPE Aruba Networking controllers, APs, and IAPs can be configured to monitor a Beacon network and report the Beacon network status to the Meridian API over HTTPS.
The HPE Aruba Networking controllers and IAPs are also used to track the location of BLE Tags for asset tracking. This data is sent to the Meridian API over HTTPS.
Google Cloud
The Meridian Editor and the Meridian APIs are hosted on Google Cloud Services. A Meridian-powered SDK app sends and receives data via Meridian APIs over HTTPS.
The Meridian SDK requests are tied to a specific location ID in the Meridian Editor.
For European customers concerned with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, Meridian offers Google Cloud servers hosted entirely within the European Union. For more information about this, please email us at: customers@meridianapps.com.
Datastore
Meridian API gets data from the Google Cloud Services datastore. This data includes map images, placemarks, events, pages, and routing.
When changes are made to the Meridian Editor, the Meridian-powered apps are updated with this new information.
Asset Tracking
On Google Cloud Services, Asset Tracking is used to track the location of BLE Tags in close to realtime. This data is sent and received through the Meridian API.
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