What do you guys think about my startup? I'm the co-founder of this startup http://swipecity.xyz/, what do you guys think ? Basicaly, we install beacons on monuments, historic buildings and when you pass nearby, you receive information on the object. You can download the app, and criticise it, I'm looking for feedback. Thanks :) |
Cool!
Not sure if it'd work out or be worth it, of course, but an idea.
It might be a good idea to look into post-install "city pack" downloads, where you can download some subset of data for cities you care about (or are about to travel to). Might be kind of neat also, and opens up a cognitive gate to letting people potentially just "browse" beacon information remotely in the cities they care about.
A geofence is just a shape on a map, which is a latitude x longitude grid. If a device knows A) the shape of the geofence, and B) its own location, it will accurately determine whether it's within a geofence.
Neither of those things (A or B) require an internet connection. GPS operates independently from the internet. It's a one-way transmission (satellites -> device).
It's possible to detect location more quickly or more accurately using other sources to augment GPS. These include WiFi SSIDs, as mentioned above. That still doesn't require an internet connection -- only a WiFi adapter.