Indoor Navigation
Simplifies orientation in complex buildings or product ranges.
Particularly in large buildings and areas, orientation is often difficult and the search for a destination can be tedious and frustrating. This is where locandis Indoor Navigation comes in and enables target search and navigation indoors and outdoors as well as over several floors.
Via a mobile app, visitors, customers and employees can thus be guided directly to the destination they are looking for. The navigation guides users across multiple floors if necessary and enables indoor and outdoor navigation in a single application.
First, users select a destination with the help of the Product Finder, in which all products, destinations or POIs are stored. Then, turn-by-turn navigation starts with the help of hints along the route – turn right in 10 meters. The position can be tracked in real time on the map of the building or site.
An individually created map of all navigable floors and areas is the basis for navigation with the mobile application. Certain landmarks, icons for product groups or buildings are highlighted on the map to facilitate orientation.
The user’s location information in real time can thus already be a first clue for orientation. Product finder and navigation are started from there.
locandis takes care of the entire creation of an individual, high-resolution and dynamic map for the app view. All that is required are existing CAD plans.
Particularly in the case of complicated and comprehensive assortments (such as the 60,000 products in the DIY store), consumers sometimes spend a lot of time searching for the right product. And a helpful salesperson is not always immediately on hand.
This is where our Product Finder comes in: in the locandis digital customer card there is a Product Finder function which, analogous to a Google Maps function, can be used to find the position of the product in a store.
We implement the product search with the help of turn-by-turn navigation: customers are shown the route through the shelves to the product they are looking for directly on their smartphone, and they can see where they are at all times. At the same time, they receive information on the length of the route and the time required.
If the user takes a wrong turn, the route guidance automatically adjusts to the new position and continues to guide the user unerringly to the product they are looking for.
In retail, in-store navigation helps customers to find the products and product groups they are looking for on the sales floor and to find their way around more easily. The larger the range of products and the larger the space, the more necessary it becomes to introduce navigation.
Particularly in food retailing, fashion retailing or the DIY sector, there may be up to 60,000 products in the range. If these can be found by means of a product search, this creates enormous customer benefits and increases shopping time and the average receipt. Further information on an extensive application in the DIY sector can be found below:
Museums and amusement parks are often characterized by spacious areas and buildings with several floors. Visitors therefore benefit from navigation, which allows them to navigate to the exhibit they are looking for, the café or the nearest restroom.
Furthermore, navigation can be used to create digital paths that contain exciting stations on a museum topic. Users can be navigated from one station to the next and thus explore the museum or park independently. A sample application of this solution for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg can be found below:
In addition to orientation and route guidance in the complex hospital structures, precise navigation in the hospital also contributes to infection control. By navigating the direct route, patients spend less time in the corridors and thus avoid unnecessary contacts in search of the next treatment room, their room or the cafeteria. At the same time, patients are less stressed because they don’t feel “lost.”
Route guidance can differentiate between ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients, so that the right route is always found.
Navigation can be implemented with locandis in 2 ways. Either with the locandis Whitelabel App, which is adapted to the existing design language of the company and can be made available within 48 hours thanks to the flexible selection of individual components.
If the retailer, museum or hospital already has an app, the functions can simply be integrated into the existing app via a software development kit (SDK).
Indoor navigation is integrated into the locandis Whitelabel app as an iOS and Android version. This can be adapted very quickly to the corporate design and branding and is then available to end customers in the app stores. This eliminates the need to push ahead with your own app development.
All relevant functionalities are already available and can be selected on a modular basis. Thus, for example, apps with and without navigation, bonus point system or integration of an existing customer card can be developed. The implementation of the app is DSGVO-compliant and is hosted on servers in Germany.
Locandis technology can also be integrated into existing apps as an SDK (Software Development Kit) with our support. This does not restrict the range of functions in any way compared to the whitelabel app.
This is advantageous if this app already has a large distribution and usage.
The position is determined by a connection between the locandis locators and the customer’s smartphone via the energy-saving Bluetooth 5.1 protocol, which can determine the position of the smartphone in the Real-Time Locating System (RTLS).
In addition to the application on the user’s smartphone, the areas to be navigated are equipped with locators. Here, a distinction can be made between battery-powered locators or integration into an LED lighting system.
Navigation in the outdoor area takes place via GPS and therefore does not require any hardware.
The integration of locandis locators into a new or existing LED lighting system enables maintenance-free operation of the locators. These are supplied directly via the power supply of the lighting system and can receive over-the-air updates.
The battery-powered locators are very easy to install. They can be easily mounted using an adhesive pad, which can be removed again without leaving any residue. The service life of the batteries is approx. 3 – 4 years, depending on the transmission strength.
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