Path Guide
Path Guide
Plug-and-play indoor navigation without positioning.
Reviews
16.53%
8.26%
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2.07%
64.88%
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Comments
A Google user
★★★★★
"It is a great idea. But, I do have a suggestion. How about adding widgets for homescreen 🤔"
Version: 1.0.0
"It is a great idea. But, I do have a suggestion. How about adding widgets for homescreen 🤔"
Version: 1.0.0
Nurullah Saeem
★
"It works for some time and then shows sensor is broken 😕"
Version: 1.0.1
"It works for some time and then shows sensor is broken 😕"
Version: 1.0.1
A Google user
★★★★★
"فكرة التطبيق جديدة ومميزة ومشابهة نوعاً ما لمشروع تانغو من قوقل ، لكن أُفضل وجود هذا البرنامج ضمن برامج الخرائط مثل Google maps وأيضاً Bing maps ، لكن بغض النظر عن ذلك وجود برنامج لتسجيل المسار داخل مؤسسة معينة او مبنى معين ومشاركة المسار مع الآخرين مع الصور وكل ما يحتاج من تفاصيل بأستخدام الحساسات بالجهاز تمثل فكرة مميزة ، لكن شخصياً لا أحتاج في جهازي حالياً لهكذا تطبيق ."
Version: 1.0.1
"فكرة التطبيق جديدة ومميزة ومشابهة نوعاً ما لمشروع تانغو من قوقل ، لكن أُفضل وجود هذا البرنامج ضمن برامج الخرائط مثل Google maps وأيضاً Bing maps ، لكن بغض النظر عن ذلك وجود برنامج لتسجيل المسار داخل مؤسسة معينة او مبنى معين ومشاركة المسار مع الآخرين مع الصور وكل ما يحتاج من تفاصيل بأستخدام الحساسات بالجهاز تمثل فكرة مميزة ، لكن شخصياً لا أحتاج في جهازي حالياً لهكذا تطبيق ."
Version: 1.0.1
A Google user
★
"It counts steps while I m sitting This is hilarious"
Version: 1.1.0
"It counts steps while I m sitting This is hilarious"
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"This app is revolutionary. Tried it and LOVED it. This app records your path and can share this path to your friend and they won`t get lost. I think this is the first app I`ve ever seen to address the indoor way-finding problem. Most of the negative reviews didn`t get the idea correctly --- YOU NEED TO FIRST RECORD YOUR PATH to help your friends finding the path. This is very helpful for the scenario when a conference organizer told you to meet at room xxxx and you totally have no idea about how to get there. I can see great potential of this app. Great work Microsoft!"
Version: 1.0.1
"This app is revolutionary. Tried it and LOVED it. This app records your path and can share this path to your friend and they won`t get lost. I think this is the first app I`ve ever seen to address the indoor way-finding problem. Most of the negative reviews didn`t get the idea correctly --- YOU NEED TO FIRST RECORD YOUR PATH to help your friends finding the path. This is very helpful for the scenario when a conference organizer told you to meet at room xxxx and you totally have no idea about how to get there. I can see great potential of this app. Great work Microsoft!"
Version: 1.0.1
A Google user
★
"Good concept and idea but failed to use in real life. App has too many constraints and hard to finish its job."
Version: 1.1.0
"Good concept and idea but failed to use in real life. App has too many constraints and hard to finish its job."
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★
"Can`t calibrate phone, telling me I didn`t do it right, I copied the diagram. Uninstalled"
Version: 1.1.0
"Can`t calibrate phone, telling me I didn`t do it right, I copied the diagram. Uninstalled"
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★
"Want access to all private files, totally unacceptable!"
Version: 1.1.0
"Want access to all private files, totally unacceptable!"
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"This led me straight to a house of ill repute. That`s good. But I didn`t have my wallet. That`s bad. But a girl I knew worked there. That`s good. But she was my ex-wife`s best friend. That`s bad. But she had always liked me. That`s good. But she didn`t have any condos. That`s bad. She borrowed one from a co-worker. That`s good. But it was way too small. That`s bad. We had an oral conversation and compromised. That`s good. 5 stars! Thanks, Microsoft!"
Version: 1.0.1
"This led me straight to a house of ill repute. That`s good. But I didn`t have my wallet. That`s bad. But a girl I knew worked there. That`s good. But she was my ex-wife`s best friend. That`s bad. But she had always liked me. That`s good. But she didn`t have any condos. That`s bad. She borrowed one from a co-worker. That`s good. But it was way too small. That`s bad. We had an oral conversation and compromised. That`s good. 5 stars! Thanks, Microsoft!"
Version: 1.0.1
A Google user
★★
"Could not calibrate the phone in settings. Also, the number of steps vary per person and while using the app it does not always work."
Version: 1.1.0
"Could not calibrate the phone in settings. Also, the number of steps vary per person and while using the app it does not always work."
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★
"Needs excessive permissions... Access to my photos, microphone, location.."
Version: 1.1.0
"Needs excessive permissions... Access to my photos, microphone, location.."
Version: 1.1.0
Ali Elbadry
★★
"Error while uploading trace"
Version: 1.1.0
"Error while uploading trace"
Version: 1.1.0
Eon Rich-Errors
★★★★★
"Would love more work in this. cryptic- box [] .airsite. co"
Version: 1.1.0
"Would love more work in this. cryptic- box [] .airsite. co"
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Cool research idea! Works quite nicely once you get the hang of it! Looking forward for updates."
Version: 1.0.1
"Cool research idea! Works quite nicely once you get the hang of it! Looking forward for updates."
Version: 1.0.1
A Google user
★★★★★
"Led me into a pit of rabid cats, thanks Microsoft."
Version: 1.0.0
"Led me into a pit of rabid cats, thanks Microsoft."
Version: 1.0.0
A Google user
★
"Would be great if it worked--can`t even get past calibrating magnetometer. Even when I successfully completed the calibration trying to make a trace produced an immediate error regarding magnetometer interferences and recommended calibrating again. It`s an infinite loop of frustration."
Version: 1.1.0
"Would be great if it worked--can`t even get past calibrating magnetometer. Even when I successfully completed the calibration trying to make a trace produced an immediate error regarding magnetometer interferences and recommended calibrating again. It`s an infinite loop of frustration."
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"The application i always wanted for. love you team Microsoft"
Version: 1.1.0
"The application i always wanted for. love you team Microsoft"
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"This app should be in universal os platform. It`s a very useful path guide especially you are in a wide of complex area."
Version: 1.1.0
"This app should be in universal os platform. It`s a very useful path guide especially you are in a wide of complex area."
Version: 1.1.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"This is so cool! Never gonna forget my car again!"
Version: 1.0.0
"This is so cool! Never gonna forget my car again!"
Version: 1.0.0
A Google user
★★★★★
"Very useful and accurate. Saved people who have no sense of direction like me :)"
Version: 1.0.0
"Very useful and accurate. Saved people who have no sense of direction like me :)"
Version: 1.0.0
com.microsoft.msra.followus.app
Installs: 50,000+
(51,988 at
2024-01-18 15:43:02)
Version: 1.1.0
Category: Maps & Navigation
Pegi : Everyone
Publish Date : May 23, 2017
Update Date : 2017-07-16
Android Version : 5.0
Version: 1.1.0
Category: Maps & Navigation
Pegi : Everyone
Publish Date : May 23, 2017
Update Date : 2017-07-16
Android Version : 5.0
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Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
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DESCRIPTION
Path Guide is a completely map-free, infrastructure-free, plug-and-play indoor navigation service. It exploits the ubiquitous geomagnetism and natural walking patterns to guide users to destinations along a path collected by an earlier traveler. There are three simple steps to start using Path Guide.
• User records sensory data with his/her device during a given indoor walk. The location-specific geomagnetic features extracted from the sensory data are combined with the user’s walking patterns (e.g., steps, turns, going upstairs/downstairs) to build a reference trace.
• Reference trace is pushed to the cloud and can be searched by others for navigation.
• Once downloaded a reference trace, Path Guide compares and synchronizes current sensor readings with the reference trace, and guides the user, in real time, from the same starting location to the final destination.
Path Guide can be used in multiple scenarios. For example, one can record a path (say, from the building entrance to an office) and share it directly with an incoming visitor regardless of whether infrastructure and floor plans are available; Users such as shop owners can record paths on their own from several entrances of a shopping mall to their stores and share them with the public. These paths can be searched by any future customer. One can also record a trace and follow it backwards to its starting point. For instance, in a new garage, you can record a trace from your parking spot to the elevator, and later follow it in reverse to find your car.
• User records sensory data with his/her device during a given indoor walk. The location-specific geomagnetic features extracted from the sensory data are combined with the user’s walking patterns (e.g., steps, turns, going upstairs/downstairs) to build a reference trace.
• Reference trace is pushed to the cloud and can be searched by others for navigation.
• Once downloaded a reference trace, Path Guide compares and synchronizes current sensor readings with the reference trace, and guides the user, in real time, from the same starting location to the final destination.
Path Guide can be used in multiple scenarios. For example, one can record a path (say, from the building entrance to an office) and share it directly with an incoming visitor regardless of whether infrastructure and floor plans are available; Users such as shop owners can record paths on their own from several entrances of a shopping mall to their stores and share them with the public. These paths can be searched by any future customer. One can also record a trace and follow it backwards to its starting point. For instance, in a new garage, you can record a trace from your parking spot to the elevator, and later follow it in reverse to find your car.
RECENT CHANGES
Add hidden trace: your friends will get the shared trace only by searching trace ID
Improve trace sharing experience: no need to fill in location information when you record a reverse trace
Add automatic app update check
Support Chinese trace summary in web app
Fix sensor broken issue
Minor bug fix
Improve trace sharing experience: no need to fill in location information when you record a reverse trace
Add automatic app update check
Support Chinese trace summary in web app
Fix sensor broken issue
Minor bug fix
DATA SAFETY AND SECURITY
This app has access to
Camera
· take pictures and videosContacts
· read your contactsLocation
· approximate location (network-based)· precise location (GPS and network-based)
Microphone
· record audioOther
· control vibration· view network connections
· run at startup
· full network access
Photos/Media/Files
· read the contents of your USB storage· modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage
· read the contents of your USB storage· modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information
· view Wi-Fi connections
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