Apple’s cool ‘Indoor Survey’ app maps venues using radio frequencies, but you can’t use it
Apple may be getting into the indoor mapping game. An app has been discovered that lets users map the inside of a building using their phones. Unfortunately, it’s not for the casual user. The app was discovered buried in the App Store; it wasn’t even discoverable via Search, nor was it listed as an official Apple app under the company’s profile. Here’s how it works: when a user walks through a venue, they drop ‘pins.’ As users drop pins, the app uses the radio frequency signal along with an iPhone’s sensor data to create an indoor map. Well this is an Apple app I’ve not seen before! pic.twitter.com/A3BNYEq6yH — Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) November 1, 2015 The app seems to be meant for businesses who want to contribute to Apple’s Maps Connect program, which lets small businesses edit data about their establishments. Apple Insider notes the app uses technology similar to WiFiSLAM, a company Apple purchased in 2013 for $20 million. For now, this seems like an enterprise-facing app, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see Apple let users contribute to Maps somewhere down the line with this one, either. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/k_w9zKf9PLc/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/k_w9zKf9PLc/ Bud Kennedy Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
