{"id":7520,"date":"2015-05-08T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:30:06","slug":"mobile-wayfinding-goes-indoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/mobile-wayfinding-goes-indoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile wayfinding goes indoors"},"content":{"rendered":"

When\u2019s the last time you pulled out a map to plan a route? How about stopping at a convenience store to ask for directions?\u00a0Tech-free wayfinding is\u00a0about as pass\u00e9 <\/em>as the pay phone.<\/p>\n

Technological advancements have brought us from verbal directions to paper maps to printed out maps using services like MapQuest to portable navigation units (TomToms) to nearly all of us having navigable maps embedded in our smartphones.<\/p>\n

And yet, until recently, even the most advanced satellite-based maps (at least those used commonly by civilians) have been limited to the system of drivable roads. If you veered off the road into a field of corn, your map app would get very confused.<\/p>\n

As for indoor<\/em> navigation? Forget about it.\u00a0Until now, that is.<\/p>\n

Mobile wayfinding solutions have officially gone indoors. It\u2019s about time, really. We take for granted that we can navigate to an office building in a city we\u2019ve never been to, but once we\u2019re in <\/em>that office building, we\u2019re left staring at posted directories and wandering around hallways.<\/p>\n

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Until now, it’s been costly and time-consuming to build wayfinding apps for \u00a0use in sprawling, complex structures. Image from Sylvar<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

That is, unless the building in question is associated with a MobileSmith mobile wayfinding solution<\/a>. Rather than create individual mobile wayfinding apps, one at a time, MobileSmith is a comprehensive solution that \u201callows organizations with large and complex floorplans, such as hospitals, malls, or government buildings, to launch affordable wayfinding apps for iOS and Android.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since mobile wayfinding is a hot topic but still relatively new, most mobile wayfinding solutions take months to build. MobileSmith says that their solutions can be created \u201cin a matter of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

MobileSmith is collaborating with Gimbal proximity beacon and geofencing technology to add layers of insight beyond simply avoiding aimless wandering. Users can:<\/p>\n