Indoor Navigation: A Comprehensive Guide
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Efficient Indoor Navigation and Tracking Systems for Transport Hubs
Location-based solutions to improve logistics and maintenance processes in Transportation
Our life is inextricably linked with motion. We are constantly moving forward in exploring new routes and places. It doesn't matter if it's a trip on the subway, flight to another city, or a trip by train to the suburbs - we value safety, speed, and convenience. Modern technologies are intended to satisfy these needs, ease our lives, and save valuable time.
Navigine shares this vision and has created location-based services to improve your experience at any transportation hub.
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Improve passengers experience
Employ indoor navigation technologies to ensure passenger wayfinding inside transport hubs where GPS tends to not work properly. This indoor navigation solution will provide the most suitable directions to all POIs, and send location-based notifications with relevant information to passengers.
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Navigate staff around the hub
With location-based technologies, managers can optimize internal processes by implementing staff management features, including assignment lists, internal logistics monitoring, etc.
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Employ comprehensive analytics
Staff can employ location-based features for comprehensive indoor analytics. The system can provide real-time data on passenger flow to optimize logistics processes.
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Get hold of assets
Transport hubs are usually large spaces with lots of valuable assets. With RTLS technologies, staff can easily monitor the movement of vehicles and other valuable objects indoors in real-time.
Indoor Positioning and Asset Tracking Solutions for Transport Hubs
Passengers Wayfinding Solution at Airports and Train Stations
It’s hard to imagine our lives without GPS-enabled location-based services. But how can passengers navigate to their destination inside buildings where GPS doesn’t work? In such situations, indoor navigation becomes essential. Our technologies enable advanced indoor navigation solutions for airports and railways, detecting a passenger’s position and suggesting the most efficient routes within the facility.
Features:
- Interactive maps of stations and connections with points of interest (POI);
- Wayfinding function with the construction of routes to any POIs;
- Real-time navigation of floor plans like in Google Maps;
- Useful location-based notifications on changing schedules and transport situations.
Expected benefits:
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Passengers loyalty growth due to the improvement in customer experience
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Additional revenue from retail through a new mobile channel
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Advanced analytics on app users’ traffic to improve safety and reduce bottlenecks.
Motion Analytics
Foot traffic fluctuates throughout the day, with peak times occurring at key areas such as airport gates, information points, baggage claim areas, and railway platforms.Optimization of people flow is a challenge. Navigine provides real-time aggregated passenger traffic data to effectively use it in an always-changing transportation environment.
Features:
- monitoring of passenger traffic using heat maps and flow maps;
- bottlenecks identification;
- traffic segmentation on regular, transit, and temporary visitors (without personalization);
- automatic signaling in case of dangerous peaks in passenger concentration;
- airport queue management systems.
Expected benefits:
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Real-time monitoring of passenger foot traffic to ensure a quick reaction to changing conditions;
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Analytics for optimization of internal logistics
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Public safety during challenging epidemiological situation
Staff Navigation
Employees responsible for maintenance, repair, traffic control, and security must efficiently carry out their daily tasks. Rapidly changing transport conditions demand quick and informed actions. In complex urban environments, transportation systems require mobile assistance for effective staff navigation to respond promptly to evolving situations. Navigine offers clear and reliable guidance, enabling staff to navigate diverse transportation areas seamlessly.
Features:
- Interactive maps of stations/connections/tunnels/depots with key elements and assets on them;
- Wayfinding function with the construction of routes to any element according to work assignments;
- Real-time navigation of floor maps with the list of assignments;
- Location-based notifications regarding changing assignments and transport situations.
Expected benefits:
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Real-time staff navigation and updates on daily assignments.
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Increase in safety level due to immediate reaction to changing conditions
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Optimization of logistics and maintenance processes
Assets Tracking
Transportation systems continuously strive to optimize maintenance processes to ensure operational efficiency and high-quality service. Effective asset management plays a crucial role in achieving these goals. Navigine has created solutions for real-time equipment and vehicle tracking to help optimize asset management. In addition to real-time data these solutions provide aggregated analytics on vehicles and equipment movements over time and allow to obtain useful insights on existing inefficiencies and ways to tackle them.
Features:
- Real-time tracking of assets position with key operation and maintenance parameters;
- Notifications about unexpected situations and risks at transport hubs;
- Creation and customization of analytical reports by time, tracked objects, or processes;
- Aggregation of data on logistics and maintenance process inefficiencies.
Expected benefits:
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Real-time positioning of business-critical vehicles and equipment
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Analytics for internal logistics in transport infrastructure
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Public safety increase due to gradual improvement in asset management
F.A.Q
Navigine’s solutions are designed for a variety of transportation hubs, including airports, train stations, subways, and bus terminals, to enhance logistics, safety, and passenger experience.
Navigine’s system provides interactive maps, real-time navigation, and location-based notifications, helping passengers find their way quickly and easily while staying informed about schedules and updates.
Yes, Navigine’s solutions integrate seamlessly with existing transportation apps and management systems through APIs, ensuring a smooth and effective implementation.
Navigine’s solutions enhance safety by monitoring passenger flow, identifying bottlenecks, tracking assets in real time, and providing instant alerts for emergencies or unusual activity.
Yes, Navigine’s system can be tailored to include accessibility features, such as optimized routes for individuals with mobility challenges and audio or visual navigation aids for enhanced inclusivity.
Example of Implementation
- Case brief:
- mobile app for Android/iOS for the railway using indoor navigation inside train stations
- Area of coverage:
- 20,000 s.m.
- Functionality:
- passenger flow analysis, search for objects on the digital map of the train station, advertising push notifications for passengers.
- Results:
- improving the quality of passenger service, increasing rental income
Use Cases
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Railways
We develop mobile passenger navigation at railway stations. Navigine’s information system for monitoring and analysis in real-time passenger traffic at public transport networks within the large urban agglomerations allowed to put together data about all routes in the city, data about carriers working on these routes, and data about the current and forecasted load on these routes.
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Subway
Our solutions for subways include location-based services for stations, depots, and tunnels. Navigine developed on the navigation app for passengers, a pilot system of staff tracking, and “friend or foe” access control in tunnels and depots of Subway.
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Airport
The experience of the traveler consists of a variety of airport services - from check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, security, and immigration through to departure at the gate. To improve product key performance indicators for more than 31 million passengers we developed a mobile platform. It is used to provide positioning on the map, routing, and finding features like check-in desks, gates, restaurants, etc.
