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While the former typically lack accurate boundary conditions as well as spatially and temporally resolved validation data, currently existing measurement systems often probe rooms in non-ideal, single locations. Addressing both of these issues, a large and flexible wireless array of 50 embedded sensor units is presented that provides indoor climate metrics with configurable spatial and temporal resolutions at a sensor response time of 20 s. Augmented by an anchorless self-localization capability, three-dimensional air quality maps are reconstructed up to a mean 3D Euclidean error of 0.21 m. Driven by resolution, ease of use, and fault tolerance requirements, the system has proven itself in day-to-day use at ETH Zurich, where topologically differing auditoria (at-grade, sloped) were investigated under real occupancy conditions. 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