Lifting system with indoor positioning system and method therefor

A lifting system for lifting a vehicle, the system comprising:

• one or more lifting devices, each comprising;
• a frame with a carrier configured for carrying the vehicle;
• a drive for driving each of the carriers of the one or more lifting devices in at least one of the ascent or descent of each of the carrier;
• and
• a controller comprising an indoor positioning system with a transponder, wherein the transponder is provided on or at each of the carrier of the one or more lifting devices such that the controller determines the location and the height of each of the carrier in at least one of the ascent or descent of each of the carrier of the one or more lifting devices, and wherein the controller comprises a remote control, wherein the controller further comprising a monitoring system configured for monitoring a safety zone, wherein the monitoring system monitors a three-dimensional zone, and wherein the safety zone comprises an inner zone and an outer zone, the remote control having limited functionality in the inner zone and no functionality in the outer zone.