Real-Time Locating Systems at Airports and Train Stations

Mobile Services for Travelers

Product: infsoft Wayfinding

A navigation solution and digital services support travelers along the entire travel chain. In the complex building structures of an airport or train station, it is not always easy to find your way around. Finding different terminals or tracks, the fastest way to the right check-in counter, gate or platform – infsoft Wayfinding helps to ensure the best possible organization of a business trip or family vacation. Additional features in the app further enhance the travel experience.

Alternatively or in addition to the wayfinding function on the smartphone, stationary terminals can be installed at central locations on the site. On these, the user can access a map of the building, search for and select points of interest, and view the fastest route to the destination.

Use Cases

An interactive building map shows all important points of interest such as ATMs, lavatories and ticket counters. The passenger sees his/her location as a blue dot on the map and can be guided to different locations via turn-by-turn navigation. The map material can not only be integrated into a smartphone app, but also into a website and into an onsite touchscreen (terminal solution/multitouch kiosk).

Additionally, the app can be equipped with other useful features for travelers. Up-to-date travel information and alerts in the event of any changes can provide passengers with planning security and reduce stress. Spare time can then be put to better use, for example for shopping, relaxing or working. Retailers can also present themselves in detail inside the app.

An intermodal travel planner ensures seamless door-to-door mobility thanks to the optimal combination of transport modes. The system can support the passenger during the whole intermodal arrival – no matter whether the traveler uses car, bike, car sharing, bus, train or a combination of them. Current delays are taken into account when calculating the journey. The user can choose the combination of means of transport that best suits his or her expectations of travel time, cost or use of resources.

Parking garages at airports and train stations are usually busy and there are only a few available spaces. Sensors help to identify vacant parking spaces. With the help of an app, travelers can quickly find an available parking space and have the route to it displayed in the app. Long searches are avoided and passengers arrive at their destination without stress. The user can save the position of his own car in the app – thus, even after a longer absence, the way back to the car is no longer a problem (car finder).

Intermodal Travel Planning

Digital Services in Car Rental

Intelligent Car Parking Management

Deployed Hardware

For positioning, infsoft Locator Beacons are installed at regular intervals throughout the site. The use of infsoft Locator Beacons makes extensions of the solution in the future relatively easy as these hardware components also enable other application scenarios such as asset tracking.

Infrastructure Hardware

infsoft Locator Beacon