Indoor mapping

High-performance, interactive indoor maps

Zoom, pinch, scroll

We believe that simplicity is the key to a good customer experience. That is why we strive to build the most accurate and detailed yet simple maps possible.

Our maps are viewable in 2D or 3D and can be rotated. Users can zoom in to add progressively more information and labels. Smart search enables users to find Points of Interest easily.

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Seamless multi-building transitions

Our maps allow transitioning between indoor and outdoor environments seamlessly. When users zoom in, they see what's inside a building and when zooming out, they see the surrounding area (eg. city) automatically and seamlessly.

Our maps are precisely georeferenced on Earth, which means they are positioned at their real location on a world map.

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Customizable maps

Customize and style your maps with Pointr. Change colors, themes, heights, fonts, symbols, and icons. Enable light and dark mode and other user personalization, for real-time updates across all devices and platforms.

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Ultra-fast map production with MapScale®

Create and update interactive digital maps of all your buildings instantly with the only AI-powered mapping platform.

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Ultra fast
Transform CAD files into interactive maps in seconds, 100% automated
Easy maintenance
Easy maintenance, with 0 upkeep cost
API available
Easily integrate with 3rd party software or mapping platforms

Easy map management with Pointr Cloud 

Update your maps in real-time using our powerful and intuitive map content management system 

 

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Easy updates
Add, edit or delete every mapping element such as floor plans or Points of Interest, manually or automatically 
One portal 
Manage all your mapping content on one single interface
 
Real-time updates
Review and publish all your updates in real-time across iOS, Android and web 
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Beautiful indoor maps at scale

Using our state of the art digital indoor mapping software, we create incredibly detailed and user-friendly interactive indoor maps for your venue, office or campus. Pointr’s maps are designed to work quicker than our competitors', meaning no length wait times as the map loads in. We dynamically adjust the information and points of interest displayed on the map depending on the level of zoom, so users get a clear view of nearby attractions and the map itself, no matter what level of detail they’re zoomed to. Our indoor maps are also enabled to work in both 2D and in 3D, giving you total flexibility.

While others may take days or even weeks to create maps of such detail, Pointr's indoor mapping system is not only designed to create brilliant maps, but do so in the fastest and most scalable manner possible. Pointr’s market-leading MapScale® tool leverages AI to create incredibly detailed and beautiful maps from CAD files, enabling you to create hundreds of maps in just minutes, a process that could take weeks or even months to complete if done manually.

A Seamless Search Experience

Granular, search-enabled indoor mapping

Enable users to search for specific shops, products, food or facilities (e.g. bathrooms, ATMs, meeting rooms). By using machine-learning algorithms that learn from past search behaviors, Pointr achieves a seamless search experience with fast suggestions and real-time autocomplete. Search is fully configurable by venues who can sort by relevance, including miss-spelt words or language differences. Venues can manage search anytime and anywhere they want via Pointr Cloud, and can use their search logs to better understand user and visitor behavior, and therefore make smarter business decisions.

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Manage and edit maps with our intuitive interface

From our experience of working with numerous Fortune 100 companies, we know that it’s critical that indoor maps can be updated quickly, without the need for complex coding. Indoor spaces are changing constantly, and having a map reflect this in a timely fashion is of the utmost importance. With Pointr Cloud, you have complete control over a huge range of map options, including points of interest, geofences (and corresponding push notifications). Pointr’s indoor maps are also customizable, with everything from the points of interest to the thematic colors adjustable to the precise needs of your location. 

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Combine indoor maps with navigation and positioning

With Pointr, the journey doesn't end once your maps are live. Thanks to our Deep Location® platform, we are the market leaders in accurate indoor positioning and precision indoor navigation. Our blue dot positioning and wayfinding services are trusted by many Fortune 100s, and we’re constantly iterating in order to offer the best available indoor positioning and navigation solution available. These systems, when layered upon your maps, can offer users a truly transformative experience. Our maps are precisely positioned upon the external world map via georeferencing, enabling indoor-to-outdoor transitions for when users are moving between separate buildings on a campus or from an indoor location to a parked car.

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Indoor Mapping FAQ

Which companies need indoor maps?

Indoor maps have, in various forms, been in use for years. Airports, for example, have been using large, poster sized maps for decades. However, modern digital indoor maps are a relatively recent innovation, and are finding rapid adoption across a number of industries.

The fundamental reason companies need indoor maps is that they can be enormously useful across a wide range of use cases. In indoor locations that users tend to visit infrequently, and that they need to move through quickly and efficiently, such as airports or hospitals, maps can offer peace of mind as visitors navigate complex spaces. Even in locations that customers may visit regularly, such as a retail store, indoor maps can help them to quickly understand and incorporate layout changes (such as where a particular item is shelved) into their plans, vastly improving the customer experience.

Furthermore, the availability and experience of using maps in general has been greatly enhanced in recent times by programs such as Google Maps. These systems have raised the bar for consumer expectations from their maps, but in general don’t service indoor locations. The companies that are able to meet the growing expectations from users for both the quality and availability of indoor maps will be the ones who set themselves apart from their competition.

What are the most important features of an indoor map?

The most important features of an indoor map vary by use case. However, some features are universally accepted as important to a map’s usefulness:

  • Design - A well-designed map can display various pieces of information in an intelligible, intuitive manner. A poorly designed map can make even the most simple of indoor spaces difficult to understand
  • POIs and important information - Perhaps even more so than outdoor maps, indoor maps must convey critical pieces of information, such as points of interest and important pieces of architecture such as stairs and elevators, in an effective manner. Failure to do so will result in a map unlikely to help the end user in a meaningful way
  • Interactivity - While static maps (such as those found on billboards or on print-outs) do serve a purpose, the rise of interactive outdoor mapping applications has led to expectations for indoor maps to do the same. Interactivity can enable users to zoom in to a specific location to better understand where they’re situated, zoom out to get a better sense of how far away their destination is, or to look for specific details, such as what specific products are located in which aisle, or the reviews for a particular store or restaurant in a mall

How long does it take to create an indoor map?

Creating an accurate, detailed indoor map can be a laborious process to say the least. Unlike many outdoor maps, which may go years before requiring an update, indoor maps tend to also require frequent tweaks, such as when a grocery store alters the locations of their products.  In one case that Pointr encountered, one major US chain of stores was relying on image editing software and a long cycle of constant updates, which meant that once one store had had its map updated, it was sometimes more than a year before it was reviewed again.

Clearly, this system was unsustainable, and it was situations like this that led Pointr to develop MapScale®, our state-of-the-art tool which leverages both AI and Pointr’s years of experience in smart building technology. Using MapScale, we are able to create and update hundreds of indoor maps in a matter of minutes. 

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