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Not only are these crowded stations stressful to navigate, but they are also difficult for property managers and facility teams to manage. 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We’ve all been there, and this process is not only frustrating, but stressful to say the least. What if there was a tool that could quickly direct you from your parking spot to your train platform?\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Fortunately, digital indoor navigation systems offer the benefit of populating the fastest route to your destination, which is crucial when timing is of the utmost importance. Travellers can see their exact location within the venue, and see their position update through real-time location tracking. This ensures a seamless trip as passengers can better navigate crowded train stations. This is especially true for college students navigating a new city, or passengers making train connections for important business trips. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Digital indoor mapping also allows passengers to search for various route schedules, view updates on their trip, contact customer service, locate services, and more. 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You can then use indoor maps to navigate from the parking lot to the check-in area or train terminal. With indoor-outdoor navigation, this provides a seamless journey from arrival to getting to your train, including a path from the parking lot, to your terminal. This ensures that you'll always make your scheduled departure time, no stress involved.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Wayfinding for passengers to their platform\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"All indoor spaces, including train stations, can benefit from \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{\"uri\":\"https://resources.mappedin.com/blog/how-to-create-indoor-navigation-maps\"},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"indoor navigation maps\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"hyperlink\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\" and wayfinding. 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This way, passengers can find their way around the train station without difficulty.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Users can see the fastest route to their destination as well as browsing ongoing promotions, train times, and even their precise, current location if the station is equipped with indoor positioning technology. Simply enter a start and end location to receive tailored directions that take factors like accessibility into account. This way, customers with disabilities, families with strollers, senior citizens, and other travellers in need of ramps or elevators will be provided with routes prioritizing these over stairs. 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Implementing an effective management system ensures that travellers aren't inconvenienced, and staff members can maintain a stable workflow, thereby increasing employee satisfaction and efficiency. Digital solutions such as an indoor map also has the added benefit of integrating with other systems such as facility management, location-based messages, asset tracking, and more.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Provide traffic data\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Digital mapping solutions are also useful in providing traffic data on your train station. By enabling indoor positioning at your train station, you can better understand how travellers move through the space, analyze search data to determine the most popular destinations, view top category selections, device usage, and more. 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These indoor spaces are often crowded, congested, and difficult to navigate when rushing to make your scheduled train time.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"By gaining insights on traveling volume and flow patterns, facility managers can leverage this real-time information to maintain their maps for better user experience and space efficiency, and safety. For instance, by understanding the movement of passengers, management may realize that passengers are lined up in an area that doesn't allow for social distancing. 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This technology allows train stations to display up-to-date and personalized information, which may include a passenger's train terminal or an auto-populated path to commuter routes for a passenger that takes the same train every morning. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Along with train details, indoor mapping can also integrate with ads, promotions and proximity messaging to highlight vendor offerings. This could notify passengers of a deal at a nearby food vendor, or simply highlight a key destination for travellers such as a ticket counter or other points of interest that  increase passenger spending. 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Airports are large and complex venues that can create confusion for visitors. Indoor positioning systems can minimize this stress and create an easy and efficient airport experience, whether it be for the benefit of travellers or employees working within the venue. Here are some ways\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{\"uri\":\"https://www.mappedin.com/mapping/indoor-positioning/\"},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\" indoor positioning\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"hyperlink\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\" can be used to deliver an enhanced and unique airport experience.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"5s7R0UhHFP1WwIqfaX8vQE\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Asset\"}}},\"content\":[],\"nodeType\":\"embedded-asset-block\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"1. Intuitive Wayfinding \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Turn-by-Turn Directions\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-3\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Navigating through a congested airport can create anxiety and stress, particularly when travellers are in a time crunch for a flight departure. With intuitive wayfinding systems, passengers and employees can get turn-by-turn directions from their exact location to any point of interest on the 3D digital map. Indoor positioning systems show users their current location among airport amenities and calculate the fastest route to their destination in real-time.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Passengers can plan their trip to the airport based on the amount of time it takes to get to security checkpoints, a boarding gate and other important airport checkpoints. Smart Search can help travellers discover more around the airport by allowing users to search for keywords to receive a list of amenities or other locations. For example, a traveller can search “perfume” and be directed to a list of duty-free shops that are selling perfume and even receive information on deals and discounts. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Personalized Journey\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-3\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"People within an airport have different intentions, whether they are arriving or departing, or taking international or domestic travel. Because of these different intentions, individual routes may look different from others. For example, an employee map would look different from a traveller map as employees have access to certain sections of the airport used for equipment, storage, luggage, and more. Indoor positioning systems can be integrated into a 3D map along with passenger data to create a personalized journey. By accounting for visitor intent, the 3D map can instruct travellers to the best parking location and the most optimized route that hits all security checkpoints. Syncing data with airport maps allow for personalized messages, such as flight time, gate changes, security and baggage wait times, and more. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"A personalized journey can also account for accessible routes for those who need to be directed to an elevator, indoor shuttles, wheelchairs and more. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{\"uri\":\"https://www.mappedin.com/blog/use-cases/transportation/the-importance-of-an-indoor-navigation-system-for-airports/\"},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Indoor navigation systems\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"hyperlink\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\" can be set to operate with voice commands or written instructions for those who are visually or hearing impaired. When turning on Accessibility Mode, travellers can experience a personalized route that accommodates their needs. Arrivals and departures come from all over the world, and indoor navigation systems can accommodate many available languages and RTL text support to serve all individuals. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"5X1cRgYMfq76aGFxqCm01p\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Asset\"}}},\"content\":[],\"nodeType\":\"embedded-asset-block\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"2. 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When using an indoor positioning system, passengers can navigate through the airport and their smartphone will automatically display a mobile boarding pass when entering key touch points such as check-in, bag drop, passport control, and departure gates.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"A mobile application can automatically display the necessary information to make passengers’ lives easier, instead of spending time searching through their devices or on-hand paperwork. A mobile application can keep all data and services in one centralized location with access to indoor maps and wayfinding that are the same on an airport website or directory, keeping a consistent and seamless mapping experience no matter the platform.  \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"3. Reclaiming Baggage\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Baggage claim is the last step before finally making it home. With indoor positioning systems, passengers arriving at an airport would be able to receive a notification that directs them to the carousel in which their baggage will arrive. Indoor positioning systems can also track wait times on baggage arrivals so you can explore the airport while waiting for your luggage. Indoor positioning systems are able to tag luggage so travellers can see how long their baggage will take to arrive. This will clear up space by the conveyor belt, allowing travellers to grab their baggage easily without congestion. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"7vHe6Lv9Ylbt3LviVM0YfA\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Asset\"}}},\"content\":[],\"nodeType\":\"embedded-asset-block\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"4. Airport Security\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Indoor positioning systems can be used to ensure security details are spread out appropriately to cover all areas. A “panic button” can be implemented into indoor navigation systems to set off an alert notifying security of a user’s exact position to find them immediately. Another indoor positioning tool that security can use is a “man-down” alert that notifies security when a person has suffered a fall from an accident or by fainting.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"These technologies can be life-saving as they ensure individuals get the help they need as fast as possible. Airport security can be increased by providing urgent alerts with turn-by-turn directions to evacuate the building in the event of an emergency. Indoor positioning systems can also track occupancy levels during a mass evacuation to ensure no one is left behind in the building.  \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"5. 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Heat maps and foot traffic analysis can provide useful information that can lead to new services, more walkways, alternative routes to and balance congestion. These changes can be made seamlessly with a \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"},{\"data\":{\"uri\":\"https://www.mappedin.com/mapping/map-editor/\"},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Map Editor\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"hyperlink\"},{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\" platform, where airports can redesign their layout in a draft mode to see which spacing is the most suitable for their venue. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"6. 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As a traveller navigates through the airport, they can be presented with flyers to redeem duty-free coupons before boarding the plane, ensuring they get the best bang for their buck. In the event of a flight delay, proximity messaging can be used to notify passengers, and airlines can even send coupons, such as a free meal, to those waiting to board. This can help ensure that everyone has the most optimized experience, even when dealing with a frustrating delay.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"7. Asset Tracking \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Employees need to work using the most efficient routes possible to avoid delays and execute an accurate and safe airport experience. Asset tracking is essential in airports as employees are constantly maneuvering to various airport zones to hunt down equipment such as pallet dollies, baggage trolleys, container trailers and ramp leaders. Airports can eliminate bottlenecks in human resources and disruptions in workflows when using indoor positioning systems to create location-based management. Airports can monitor staff carts to make sure key duties, such as maintenance and housekeeping, have been completed in the proper areas.\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Indoor positioning can also be used for authorization or prohibition in different areas to ensure the safety of all employees. Automatic geolocated notifications can be implemented within indoor navigation technology to remind employees of tasks when entering a certain area. Asset tracking can be used by employees to alert others if a piece of equipment needs to be fixed due to damages. For example, employees can locate assets on the indoor map and add a repair request that will be immediately sent to technicians. A notification can also be sent out to all employees notifying them of the damaged equipment to avoid usage. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{\"target\":{\"sys\":{\"id\":\"7mFg3NimwxbvmqEvr6pb9x\",\"type\":\"Link\",\"linkType\":\"Asset\"}}},\"content\":[],\"nodeType\":\"embedded-asset-block\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"8. Shuttle Services\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"After arriving at your destination, the travel experience is still not over as you need to get to your hotel. Shuttle services can be confusing when arriving at an unfamiliar airport, but a successful travel experience includes a seamless connection to transfers from the airport to the hotel. While passengers claim their luggage, they can be directed to shuttle services and easily navigate their way directly to the right car or bus. Indoor positioning systems can be used to direct users to their exact bus instead of having to find a guide to tell you where to go. Indoor positioning systems eliminate leaving without someone in your party and can also allow employees to see wait times if a party is running behind due to a flight or baggage delay. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"9. Location Sharing\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Indoor positioning systems can allow for location sharing between individuals. Location sharing can benefit individuals in an airport who want to see where their friends, families, and colleagues are. Users can send their exact location in real-time with turn-by-turn directions on how to get there. This can account for tracking children to avoid a “Home Alone” situation. If Kevin’s family had used an indoor navigation system, their trip could have gone smoothly and avoided a lot of stress from concerned parents. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Location sharing can also be beneficial in the event of a large group travelling together, such as a school trip. Teachers need to keep track of students to ensure no one gets left behind. 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This allows passengers to easily access the information they need when travelling through the airport, all from their handheld mobile devices. Indoor navigation features such as Mobile Pass allow the company to distribute QR codes on airplane tickets or email confirmations so travellers can get directions on hand, on the go. An airport can even set up Mobile Pass to prepopulate directions to a specified location, making it effortless for travellers to find their desired destination. \",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"paragraph\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"2. Parking\",\"nodeType\":\"text\"}],\"nodeType\":\"heading-2\"},{\"data\":{},\"content\":[{\"data\":{},\"marks\":[],\"value\":\"Whether driving, taking a cab or getting dropped off, transportation is an important factor when heading to the airport. 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