Case Study: Google Next 2017 achieves seamless indoor navigation for 10,000 attendees with MapsPeople

MapsIndoors was the official indoor navigation supplier at Google Next 2017

Google ran Google Next 2017 with roughly 10,000 attendees and more than 200 sessions across the Moscone Centre and the Marriott, creating a risk that guests would get lost or miss sessions. To address this, Google integrated MapsIndoors’ indoor navigation and wayfinding platform into the official Next ’17 web app so attendees could find sessions, stands and codelabs and navigate between venues and hotels.

MapsIndoors provided searchable indoor maps, turn-by-turn routing from hotels to specific stands or sessions, personal itinerary creation and admin-controlled temporary points of interest that auto-expire. By using MapsIndoors, Google delivered seamless outdoor-to-indoor routes between the two venues, supported navigation for about 10,000 attendees across 200 sessions, kept event maps current, and made it easier for participants to find and attend the sessions they planned.

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