Traxmate supports routing to efficiently guide end-users from point A to point B. For example, a patient at a hospital needing directions from the main entrance to their doctor’s appointment, a visitor to a mall looking for a specific shop, the shortest way to an incident for a response team, or similar.
The routing feature indicates the pathways, stairs to take, and the appropriate elevators or escalators. It is adaptable for navigation within a single building (Indoor Routing) or across a campus area with multiple buildings (Campus Routing). The routing functionality considers opening hours and meticulously considers directional circumstances, such as one-way escalators. Moreover, it can selectively exclude certain features like stairs and escalators if the user requires wheelchair accessibility.
Traxmate Routing and Wayfinding can be run in kiosk mode for large screen wayfinding kiosks.
In short
- Footways, stairs, elevators, or escalators to walk or ride
- One building (Indoor) or several (Campus Routing)
- Considering opening hours and one-way directions
- Exclude stairs and escalators for wheelchair users
The routing schemas, with all the possible ways of walking, are created manually by defining nodes, ways, and Points of Interest, following the OpenStreetMap’s (OSM) standard for tagging.
Nodes and Ways
To enable routing, you must first add nodes. These nodes are then connected to form ways and stored in Traxmate in a Feature Model.
Additionally, the nodes can be utilized to create Points of Interest (POIs), such as rooms. The ways can guide a user in the correct direction based on factors such as opening hours, one-way paths, or blocked routes spanning multiple buildings and areas.
POI´s (Points of Interest)
A point of interest (POI) is a point or area that is relevant to the use case and should be searchable. Several POIs are already defined in Traxmate, such as elevators, escalators, doors, entrances, walls, bathrooms, and so on. Specific POIs and Rooms of Interest can be defined and given a searchable name in accordance with the use case’s needs.
The defined Points of Interest are also saved in the Feature Model with nodes and waypoints.
Creating a route - connecting nodes and features
To enable indoor walking routes, you first need to create a network of connected model features as footway Ways. Once established, the footway network is ready for utilization by Traxmate Routing, helping visitors find their way.
