--- title: "Cisco Spaces Applications: RTLS, Wayfinding and More | IPTel" description: What Cisco Spaces does and its key applications — real-time location, task management, occupancy and wayfinding — built on your Wi-Fi. --- [Blog](https://blog.iptel.com.au) # [Cisco Spaces Applications: RTLS, Wayfinding and More | IPTel](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-spaces-applications) Written by [Mark McSherry](https://blog.iptel.com.au/author/mark-mcsherry) | 2 October 2026, 3:23:14 am Z [Cisco Spaces](https://iptel.com.au/technologies/cisco-spaces) is an application to support location services. These are so much more than just a dot on a map type applications these days - full-featured, task oriented applications using location are now hot property - and the ROI that goes along with them proves the point. In this second part of our exploration of what Cisco Spaces can do, we'll take a deeper dive look into the applications that Cisco Spaces supports. [Our introductory blog into Cisco Spaces](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-spaces-introduction) helped to set the scene on what Cisco Spaces is - let's have a quick recap. (If you're more interested to hear about Cisco Catalyst Center, take a look at our page on [How Catalyst Center helps solve your top 5 biggest networking issues).](https://info.iptel.com.au/cisco-dna) Related reading - [Cisco Catalyst Center Beginners Guide](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-catalyst-center-beginners-guide) ## What is Cisco Spaces? [Cisco Spaces](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-spaces-introduction) forms part of the Cisco Catalyst ecosystem. Along with [Catalyst Center](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-catalyst-center-beginners-guide) and the concepts of [Software Defined Access](https://blog.iptel.com.au/software-defined-networking), Cisco Spaces is all about getting the most out of your ICT investment. [Location in Wi-Fi](https://blog.iptel.com.au/ap-placement-location-grade) has been an advantage - the ability to locate Wi-Fi clients on a map, associate details with their MAC address (eg a device name, type and owner) starts opening up the possibility of task based, location assisted applications. Related reading - [Cisco Catalyst Center Enablement](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-catalyst-center-enablement) - [Cisco Spaces Introduction](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-spaces-introduction) ## Cisco Spaces Applications I've borrowed the following section from my first blog on Cisco Spaces - this helps set the scene on the Cisco Spaces applications - with the more detailed sections below this one. Cisco has a good blog on [Cisco Spaces and Indoor IoT Services](https://blogs.cisco.com/networking/cisco-dna-spaces-indoor-iot-services-with-wi-fi-6-delivering-business-outcomes-at-scale) (I've borrowed a couple of the images below), which is worth a look for some background. Cisco Spaces has a marketplace. Like many applications these days where you can plug in third party widgets and applications, Cisco Spaces also offers this. This is the really valuable business aspect - you can take whatever location systems you have and blend those into Cisco Spaces and make use of whatever existing location beacons and tags you have, right there inside the Cisco Spaces application. This means that you can make use of your Cisco Location data and the Cisco Spaces front end and snap in applications. There's quite a wide range, with a few shown below:  Let's take a quick look at a couple of these (they need a blog in their own right, but a quick overview is hopefully useful). Related reading - [Electronic Shelf Labelling](https://blog.iptel.com.au/electronic-shelf-labelling) - [Cisco AI Analytics in operation](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-ai-analytics-in-operation) - [Cisco Machine Learning and AI](https://blog.iptel.com.au/cisco-machine-learning-and-ai) ## Real Time Location Services We've set up Cisco Spaces to track Workstations on Wheels (WOWs) around the hospital campus and can trigger alerts if they leave the hospital. The same is true for bariatric beds (or hospital beds in general) - attach a location tracking tag (we've used CenTrak), along with location beacons and you have the ability to show a bed on the Cisco Spaces map as automatically available just because it was left in the bed store. ## Task Management Task Management is all about triggering events. To trigger the events we need to take in some form of telemetry - which could be a location, a static device, a device that's started to move, a temperature detection or water leak (there's a bunch more). The trigger is used to trigger an action. So - for example - a hospital drug fridge goes out of temperature range. A trigger is activated and an SMS text is sent via Cisco Spaces to alert a pharmacist. There are a lot of use cases - wheelchairs are left stationary for four hours, so are probably not in use. Send an email with the location to pick them up. An infusion pump leaves a hospital ward where it belongs - trigger an alert for the staff to locate and return the device. The task management use cases are unlimited. ## Occupancy Applications Occupancy applications in Cisco Spaces let you set the number of allowed devices in a space and trigger an alert if this threshold is exceeded. Cisco Spaces can count Wi-Fi devices and people count using Meraki cameras, to increase accuracy.  This also allows you to track how people are using the space and if overall visitor numbers are changing over time. ## Wayfinding Many people need to find their way around a hospital and patients getting lost on the way to an appointment is a costly exercise. There is of course a better way, in the form of wayfinding.  Traditional wayfinding relies on overhead signs to point you in the right direction. In the case of MazeMap though, you have an application that can locate you on the map and show you on an active map on your phone how to get where you need to go. Here's the scenario - you arrive at a small kiosk with a tablet at the main hospital entrance. Enter your location you want to go, a QR code is shown. You scan the QR code and this takes you to the Cisco Spaces application and brings up the maps with your location and the information for you to get to your destination.  Related reading - [The Top 8 Secrets to Great Retail Wi-Fi](https://info.iptel.com.au/top-8-wi-fi-secrets-retail) - [Industrial IoT](https://blog.iptel.com.au/industrial-iot) ## Cisco Spaces: FAQs ### What Is Cisco Spaces? A cloud platform that uses location data from your Cisco wireless network to power applications such as asset tracking, occupancy and wayfinding. ### What Are Cisco Spaces Applications Used For? Common uses include real-time location of assets and people, task management, occupancy monitoring of rooms and floors, and indoor wayfinding. ### Does Cisco Spaces Need Extra Hardware? It uses your existing Cisco or Meraki access points. Some applications also use BLE tags, sensors or beacons. ### How Accurate Is Cisco Spaces Location? Accuracy depends on the Wi-Fi design. A location-grade design with good AP density and perimeter APs gives far better results than a coverage-only design. ## Cisco Spaces Summary There's a lot more to explore in Cisco Spaces than we have run through in this blog. The suite of applications takes your Wi-Fi network to the next level, with the use of location data, you can really start to get greater value from your Wi-Fi network, enabling time saving and efficient processes and procedures. We've got some great use cases we can run through - if you're interested to hear more about Cisco Spaces and interested to look at an install, drop us a line at [sales@iptel.com.au](mailto:sales@iptel.com.au).  Related reading - [Zero Trust Architecture](https://blog.iptel.com.au/zero-trust-architecture) - [Deploying Zero Trust Architecture](https://blog.iptel.com.au/zero-trust-deployment) ### Need Help With Location Services? IPTel deploys [Cisco Spaces](https://iptel.com.au/technologies/cisco-spaces) and location-ready Wi-Fi for hospitals and enterprises. See our [healthcare](https://iptel.com.au/industries/healthcare) page, or if that would be useful, [get in touch with the IPTel team](https://iptel.com.au/contact-us) or email [sales@iptel.com.au](mailto:sales@iptel.com.au). 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