micro-locations

Noun

micro-location (countable and uncountable, plural micro-locations)

1. (countable) A location of something within a larger area or region, such as a part of a city or a section of a river.
   • The macro-location of industry and population tends towards an ever-increasing concentration in a limited number of area; their micro-location, on the other hand, towards an ever-increasing diffusion or "sprawl". In this case it is convenient to describe under the heading of macro-location the...1977, Colin Clark, Population Growth and Land Use, →ISBN, page 280
2. (countable) A location specified on a microscopic scale, such as on a biochip or on a DNA molecule.
   • The ability to produce well defined electric fields with these electrode arrays enables one to electrophoretically transport those charged particles to or from any micro location on the surface of the device submerged in the analyte solution.2002, Marc J. Madou, Fundamentals of Microfabrication, →ISBN
3. (uncountable) The process of electronically determining the location of something with a level of precision that locates it within a building or room.
   • When used in this manner, proximity technologies are said to be providing micro-location, because they can provide much more accurate information than GPS, especially in buildings where GPS does not operate with high accuracy (or possibly even at all). In a micro-location scenario, proximity can...2014, Matthew S. Gast, Building Applications with IBeacon, →ISBN
4. (countable) A specific location detected or targeted by micro-location technology.
   • Using BLE, a merchant or other provider can define more targeted "micro-locations" to trigger an alert, in some cases requiring that you be in the presence of an iBeacon in order to validate a Passbook entry.2013 June 19, Daniel Eran Dilger, “Inside iOS 7: iBeacons enhance apps' location awareness via Bluetooth LE”, in Apple Insider