Locatify Blog
Newsletter July 2015
Kontakt.io White Paper Proximity: It’s Addictive Kontakt.io just published an article about the Eldheimar Museum and location-based audio guide developed by Locatify. You can read the article here. Surtsey Exhibition Eldheimar Museum Surtsey exhibition is on the second
iBeacon & WiFi; they coexist
The iBeacon (a.k.a. Bluetooth Low Energy beacon, Bluetooth Version 4, or BLE) is an industry standard allowing devices such as smartphone applications to detect when a beacon is near by and present the appropriate content.
Automatic Museum Guide in Finalists for the Heritage in Motion Awards 2015
Locatify's Automatic Museum Guide has reached the finals at the international competition to highlight multimedia use at cultural heritage in Europe -The Heritage in Motion Awards. This competition gives a stage to the creators and producers of films, games,
Indoor Positioning Systems based on BLE Beacons – Basics
Introduction Indoor positioning technology is becoming commercially available in various forms and quality. It's a jungle out there and no one proven method has been sufficient for all purposes unlike the outdoor positioning with the use of GPS
Welcome to Global Georoutes
A new app Global Georoutes has been made which represents guided tours, treasure hunt games and map markers in Geoparks in; Canada, Iceland, Norway and the Shetlands Islands. There are also georoutes in Faroe Islands and Greenland. This was
Developer Story; The first indoor location experience
Our latest creation is the addition of indoor location service to our platform using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons for positioning the user's smartphone or tablet indoors. The first project we implemented using indoor location was for a museum
Icelandic Road Guide – App Created by Locatify
Locatify has created an app which downloads information on Iceland from the book Vegahandbókin / Icelandic Road Guide which is the greatest pal both Icelanders and foreign travelers have had during decades on the roads in Iceland. A great
Magma Geopark Treasure hunt app
We are proud to announce that we have released a new treasure hunt app for our partners Magma Geopark. The app is now available for iOS devices but will be soon available for Android devices. Now it´s possible to