Tracking and visualizing the locations of devices and users is vital for effective management and security. Traxmate’s advanced 2D and 3D visualization features offer a comprehensive solution. They enable users to see the real-time and historical locations of devices and users. These features are built on reliable mapping services such as OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox India, Tencent, and Autonavi Maps, ensuring global coverage and accuracy.
In short
- 2D and 3D maps from OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox India, Tencent, and Autonavi Maps
- The map, places, buildings, device positions, and tracking data can be presented in 2D or 3D
- Tracking in 3D across floors
- Floor height scaling
- Kiosk mode
Key Takeaways
What does the Visualization module provide?
Real-time and historical tracking on 2D and 3D maps so operators see where devices and users are and where they have been.
Which map providers are supported?
OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox India, Tencent, and Autonavi Maps, giving global coverage and accuracy.
What can you view in 3D?
Places, buildings, device positions, and trails across floors, including vertical movement between levels.
How is vertical accuracy handled?
Use altitude and floor index plus floor-height scaling so Z-axis positions match real building heights.
How does the main map view help daily operations?
You switch between 2D and 3D, monitor multiple users and devices, and act on live updates to maintain control in facilities, fleets, or personnel operations.
Is there a mode for public displays?
Yes, Kiosk mode. It shows a full-screen map where visitors can see their location, search places of interest, and get routing instructions.
What about routing and wayfinding?
Read our page about Routing and Wayfinding for turn-by-turn navigation details.
What background explains the know-how?
Traxmate is a spin-out from Combain, a positioning company with 15 plus years in the field, originally spun out from Sony Mobile.
Where can the platform run?
In the cloud or on-premises, with deployment options adaptable to different needs.
What broader capabilities does the platform highlight?
AI-enhanced indoor and outdoor positioning, fusion location, 3D visualizations, geofencing, and alerts exposed through features, APIs, and SDKs.
Seamless Map Integration with 2D and 3D Views
Traxmate’s main view is map-based, providing a clear and intuitive display of device locations and tracking information. It includes the places and buildings you have defined for your use case. You can choose between a 2D or 3D perspective, giving you flexibility in monitoring your personnel and assets. The map shows the most recent and historical locations of all users and devices connected to your account, delivering real-time updates crucial for informed decisions. Whether you oversee a large facility, manage a fleet of vehicles, or monitor personnel, our map views offer the clarity you need to maintain control.
3D Views with Detailed Floor Tracking
Our 3D visualization feature offers more than just basic surface tracking. It allows you to observe locations in full 3D, including the movement of users and devices across different floors. This is especially beneficial in multi-story buildings or complex environments where vertical positioning is as crucial as horizontal location. You can track movements visually in real-time, ensuring that you always keep track of your assets, even if they move to a different floor or area within a building. Monitoring movements in three dimensions provides a significant advantage in security, logistics, and facility management, giving you a comprehensive view of your environment.
Traxmate offers advanced altitude and floor index parameters in environments with different floor heights or complex vertical layouts. Using the floor height scaling feature, you can adjust the Z-axis to match the correct heights of buildings, ensuring that the 3D model accurately represents the real-world environment. You can use the altitude parameter to position any device or user at the correct height, providing precise tracking even in multi-level structures.
These features give you the flexibility and control to customize the map view according to your specific requirements, whether managing a small office or a large industrial complex, reducing the likelihood of errors or misplacements in critical situations.
Kiosk Mode for Public Displays and Easy Navigation
Traxmate has a Kiosk mode, perfect for public information kiosks or large display screens in facilities. In this mode, the map is displayed in full screen, providing a clear and user-friendly interface. Visitors or users can easily see their current location, search for places of interest, and get routing instructions to navigate to their destination. Kiosk mode is ideal for improving the visitor experience in large venues, campuses, or public spaces by providing clear guidance and enhancing overall satisfaction.
Read more about routing and wayfinding here.
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.
Traxmate provides powerful analytics capabilities, including the generation of graphical tracks and the display of heatmaps. These tools enable operational optimization and resource planning by visualizing device movement patterns over time. By converting spatial and movement data into visual actionable insights on how physical spaces are used, organizations can make informed decisions that lead to better resource allocation, improved workflow efficiency, and support growth and sustainability.
The tracks and heatmaps are also essential for improving personnel safety in environments where monitoring movement and location is crucial. These functions offer visibility into where staff members frequently move or spend time, allowing organizations to identify and mitigate potential safety risks.
In short
- Every position message that includes a valid position can be displayed as a track of how the device has moved. The track can be played back for any period.
- If more than one device track is displayed simultaneously, every track will be given a specific color.
- The heatmap feature shows the density of device locations. The heatmaps can be displayed per floor in buildings.
Graphical Tracks for Operational Analysis
Analyzing historical location data and visualizing movement patterns can help organizations identify inefficiencies. For instance, tracking the paths of devices such as forklifts, robots, and personnel at a construction site can reveal congested areas and overused routes, indicating the need for better space allocation or alternative pathways. Safety managers can pinpoint areas with frequent traffic and potential hazards by creating a visual map of the movement of devices and personnel within a facility. They can identify intersections as potential danger points and adjust routes, improve signage, or install barriers to reduce the risk of accidents.
Similarly, monitoring guard movement in security operations settings can guide route planning improvements, leading to more efficient workflows. Analyzing device movement frequency and consistency can also help security operation managers identify weaknesses in service delivery and improve SLA fulfillment.
Heatmaps for Resource and Space Management
Heatmaps, which visually represent the intensity of device presence in specific locations, are particularly valuable for understanding space and resource utilization. If a device frequently remains in one area, such as a room, hallway, or building, it suggests either a high-traffic zone or a location where prolonged activity occurs.
These insights are critical for operations management. Some examples:
- Suppose heatmaps reveal that certain rooms or zones are consistently occupied. In that case, managers can prioritize maintenance, allocate resources such as staff and equipment accordingly, or even adjust cleaning schedules based on actual usage.
- Heatmaps can pinpoint where most idle time or worker activity occurs, helping to reassign resources or redesign workflows to reduce downtime.
- Heatmaps provide insight into the most populated areas at different times of the day, allowing for tailored emergency response plans and quick evacuations. In scenarios such as fires or chemical spills, these heatmaps can guide the deployment of emergency personnel to the areas where help is most needed, ensuring a faster, more organized response. Their adaptability to different scenarios and ability to indicate crowding in certain areas instill confidence in their versatility for safety management.
- A heatmap showing prolonged time spent in high-risk zones could indicate unsafe practices, such as workers lingering in restricted areas or staying too close to hazardous equipment. This awareness of potential safety risks can help you be more vigilant in safety management and response planning.
Enhancing Compliance and Safety Monitoring
Regarding safety and security compliance, tracking and heatmap data provide continuous real-time monitoring to identify risky behaviors or non-compliance. For instance, if safety protocols require workers to follow specific routes or avoid certain restricted areas, any deviations from these guidelines will be visible on graphical tracks. This enables management to address unsafe behaviors before they result in incidents. Heatmaps can also highlight areas where personnel spend more time than expected, which could indicate that safety protocols are being ignored or that additional safety measures, such as barriers or restricted access, are necessary.
Another critical aspect of safety is managing personnel fatigue. If tracking data shows that workers spend long periods in one location without moving, it could indicate overwork or inadequate break times. Fatigue is a well-known contributor to workplace accidents, and having a clear view of movement patterns allows managers to proactively schedule breaks, rotate tasks, or reassign roles to ensure workers remain alert and safe.