MAPS + LOCATION
Maps and location awareness
A map helps people understand their position and relevant nearby information. Permissions and GPS reading quality affect what can be displayed.
Explore this capability ↗Traffic safety technology
Traffic.
Safety.
Awareness.
Indexial is developing traffic safety and road awareness technology that brings maps, location information, GPS based speed display and relevant alerts into a clear mobile experience.
MapsLocation awareness
SpeedGPS context
AlertsProximity information
DataQuality and coverage
TRAFFIC SAFETY↗LOCATION AWARENESS↗ROAD INFORMATION↗GPS SPEED DISPLAY↗INFORMATION QUALITY↗TRAFFIC SAFETY↗LOCATION AWARENESS↗ROAD INFORMATION↗
The Traffic Safety direction
Useful road information needs clear context.
Maps, a current location and relevant records can help people understand what is nearby. Position quality, record freshness and available coverage all affect that experience.
Our focus is making useful information easier to understand, including when location readings or source records are unavailable or uncertain.
Road awareness begins here
Clearer information for
life in motion.
Explore the concepts behind Traffic Safety: location awareness, understandable information and mobile experiences that communicate their limits.
01 / MOBILE PRODUCTBring road information into one clear view.
Maps, location information, GPS based speed display and relevant alerts are part of the product direction.
Explore Traffic Safety ↗02 / ROAD INFORMATIONUnderstand what is nearby.
Map markers connect relevant location records to the journey, subject to data quality and coverage.
Explore road information ↗IX
03 / USER EXPERIENCEMake uncertainty understandable.
Permissions, missing GPS readings and unavailable services need clear interface states.
Our user focus ↗What supports awareness
Clear about the information.
Clear about its limits.
Traffic Safety connects a mobile experience to the quality of its location reading, speed information, road records and alert timing.
The Traffic Safety journey
One journey.
Three connected steps.
The user grants location permission, the application obtains a position and the map displays relevant records. Proximity alerts provide additional awareness when appropriate.
ALLOW LOCATION
Permission
Choose location access so the application can obtain a position.
ESTABLISH CONTEXT
Position
Use the available GPS reading to show location and measured speed.
SHOW INFORMATION
Awareness
Display relevant map records and provide appropriate proximity alerts.
Useful information.
Visible limitations.See how Indexial works ↗
Traffic Safety / Mobile experience
Road awareness starts with understandable information.
The Traffic Safety product direction includes maps, GPS tracking, measured speed, camera markers and proximity audio alerts. Estimated road speed information is not a verified posted speed limit.
TRAFFIC SAFETYLocation with context.Maps • Speed • Relevant alerts
Indexial in practice
A product direction across the
road information journey.
Understand the sources
Know where records come from, their coverage and when they were last maintained.
Check the location
Assess coordinates, available GPS readings and the permissions needed for the experience.
Make alerts useful
Consider alert timing, repetition and inaccurate position readings.
Communicate limitations
Explain unavailable services, stale records and uncertain or estimated information.
Road awareness technology
From relevant records
to clearer awareness.
Traffic Safety focuses on helping people understand location based road information through practical maps, context and alerts.
Perspectives
Latest thinking,
made useful.
Location / PerspectiveA map needs a reliable position.
Read perspective ↗ Mobile / PerspectiveA missing GPS reading needs a clear state.
Explain what is unavailable so the user can understand the experience.
Explore the idea ↗ Road data / PerspectiveFreshness is part of useful information.
Records need source context, coordinate checks and identifiable versions.
Explore the idea ↗ Speed / PerspectiveMeasured speed and estimated road information are different.
An estimate must never be presented as a verified posted speed limit.
Explore the idea ↗01Traffic Safety product direction
03Connected product foundations
Location awareMaps, context and relevant alerts
Coverage awareAvailability depends on source records
People and usability
Clear information. Practical judgement. Useful context.
We focus on people who want clearer road awareness, with understandable permissions, location states and limits on the information shown.
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What would you like to know about Traffic Safety?
Ask about the product direction, current access, available coverage, information sources or a possible technology partnership.
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