Innav
Project background
Smart Navigation Systems is a UAE-based startup established in 2014. Its founder, Mustafa Almusawa, previously worked on various projects related to telemetry, control systems, and geographic information systems (GIS).
His idea was to create a solution using BLE beacons and a smartphone as a primary device for orientation in large facilities where GPS navigation was not possible. This system also benefits facility owners by making it possible for them to collect and analyze data of customer behavior.
Hence, Mustafa needed a reliable software development company to develop the whole system based on the above-stated requirements plus native mobile apps for end users and web management for facility managers.
Features
For end users
- Turn-by-turn navigation with accompanying voice directions
- 3D map support
- Send and accept friend requests
- Map shortest route to users’ car in a packed parking garage
- Search places of interest, goods, restaurants, etc., by categories, types, and titles
For parents with children
A dedicated app for child tracking.
Parents install the app on their child’s smartphone to know where she/he is. The app enables both tracking indoors and outdoors sending an immediate notification when their child has left a pre-set 10-ft. zone.
For venue and facility owners
- User statistics and heat maps
- Management and administration panel with different access levels
- Special features for products on shelves
- Emergency alerts
Engineering Challenges and Wins
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Specific architecture
Used several positioning systems inside one app creating specific architecture for this purpose.
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Optimized route
Optimized route generation between two points. The route can be built both inside a facility and between two facilities. In the latter case, the system will find the user’s car or the closest exit in the first mall then establish the route to the nearest entrance of the second mall and direct user inside the facility.
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Optimized power consumption
Optimized power consumption for the child’s app to prolong battery life and ensure maximum tracking time.
Project timeline
- Android SDK
- IndoorAtlas
- GoogleMaps
- Socket
- Indoo.rs
- OpenGL
- Fresco
- Retrofit
- OkHttp
- Objective C
- 3D Map
- UIKit
- MagicRecord
- Indoo.rs
- Typhoon
- IndoorAtlas
- Socket
- AngularJS
- Yii Framework 2.0
- SwiftMailer
- Socket
What our customer thinks about the project
The feedback we get from internal stakeholders and our testing unit has always been positive. We are very impressed with their performance… IT Craft was distinguished by their wonderful sincerity, professionalism, attitude, punctuality, and effective commutation. Their involvement has been crucial to the improvement of our solutions.
Mustafa Almusawa, SNS CEO and Founder View at ClutchTogether with our clients, IT Craft developers participated in projects for companies such as Intel and Pepsi. Here are just a few of our projects:
