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Where you work — 🏬 On-site survey + 📋 Document prep (no GeoSpace screen work yet)
What eats up the most time on install day is not the hardware, it is “there is no outlet · there is no floor plan · nobody decided where these go”. Finish the preparation on this page before you go on site, and the install is done in half a day.

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1. Site survey

Measure and record the following with a tape measure or laser distance meter.
If your tape measure is too short, mark the floor with tape and measure in sections. An error of about ± 10 cm is fine — you do not need centimeter precision; recording to the nearest 10 cm is enough.
Checkpoint — You are done once you have the numbers written down: ”○ m wide × ○ m deep, mounting height ○ m”.

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2. Decide anchor placement

Place at least four anchors at the four corners of a rectangle that surrounds the detection area.
  • Clustering them on one side, or placing them close to a straight line, greatly increases position error.
  • Stay away from metal (steel, iron, aluminum) — the rule is simply do not mount directly onto metal shelving, steel columns or refrigeration units. Use an arm’s length (about 50 cm) between the anchor and the metal as your rule of thumb.
  • For each mounting point, check where the nearest power outlet is. Whether the power cable (3 m recommended) reaches decides whether you can actually mount there.
Checkpoint — You are done once the floor plan (or a sketch) shows the four anchor spots plus the power route for each one.

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3. What to bring

All setups Additional items by mounting method — choose one based on site conditions.

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4. Prepare the floor plan

You need a floor plan image (PNG · JPG) to upload to GeoSpace.
  • It must match the real layout of the space.
  • A span whose measured length you know (a wall, a column, etc.) must be identifiable on the plan, otherwise you cannot set the scale.
You do not need a real floor plan. If the store is a simple rectangle, drawing one rectangle in PowerPoint or Excel and saving it as PNG is enough — four visible walls are all you need to set the scale. Just keep two things in mind while you draw.
  1. Draw it at the measured width:depth ratio (for example, 12:7 for a 12 m × 7 m store). If the ratio is off, one wall ends up misaligned with the plan.
  2. Decide which direction counts as “up” in the store (true north), and draw the plan with that direction at the top. Mark the entrance and write the measured width and depth on the drawing as text. The “bottom-left” corner of this plan becomes the coordinate origin (0, 0) in step 4.
  3. Fill the image with the room (no outer margin) and entering coordinates gets simpler — you will not have to add an offset in step 5. (If you know a design tool such as Figma, feel free to draw it there.)

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Readiness checklist

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Next steps

Step 2 · GeoSpace setup (account)

Sign in to GeoSpace and confirm your organization and license.