The world’s most accurate and inclusive personal navigation app.

Waymap's vision is to develop the world's most accurate and inclusive personal navigation smart phone application (app). Rather than simply routing a user to a train station, imagine if an app could then route them through the building, underground to the correct platform, on and off the train, and all the way to the end destination. These are the truly end-to-end journeys that Waymap can make a reality.

No other personal navigation app on the market (Google Maps, Apple Maps, Citymapper, Okeenea etc.) has adequately addressed the great indoors, which represents a major commercial opportunity.

Waymap was born out of requirements identified by the Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC). Through several focus groups, the RSBC identified independent city navigation as a key issue for visually impaired children and tasked Waymap to develop a high-tech solution that would allow them to navigate cities as if they had no disability. As a result, Waymap has developed world-leading core technology and a smart phone app that locates and navigates users to an accuracy of up to 1m and 10 degrees heading.

In 2021, Waymap extended the functionality of its core location algorithm, known as "Trace", to ensure the app operates effectively while the smart phone is carried in all the manners that a usual commuter would carry their cell phone in, for example in their pocket, whilst texting, or in a bag. All of this is done with no physical infrastructure and no external signal required, meaning that the navigation app can work indoors, outdoors, underground, and when the smart phone is in flight mode.

Waymap's unprecedented level of accuracy and ability to be used anywhere makes it a truly unique and game-changing proposition.

The Innovation Loan project will enable Waymap to finalise the development and validation of a minimum viable product and test it in 3 real-world trials in the UK (Network Rail), Spain (Arriva Madrid), and the US (Washington D.C. Metro). Successful demonstration of the proprietary technology will pave the way for market deployment within 12 months of project closure.