Integrated Mapspeople Experience

This article will cover everything you need to know about the Interactive Floor Plan Partner, Mapspeople.

It includes:

Wayfinding
Built-in search engine to simply find Exhibitors
Can be embedded into your website

FRONTEND INTERFACE:

A few Important Points to note:

For the Web, search works via booth name or exhibitor name
For App, search works via exhibitor name only, at present.
Custom location or session location is not part of the search
If the Parent-Child relationship is used for a specific booth, the Parent booth is visible as the only label, according to the logic.

To use wayfinding on the app:

Go to the floorplan
Search for the booth
Click Get Directions
Select where you are on the map
Click Start to get the exact route with the distance & time for route.

Requirements:

DWG file for your floor plan with the exhibitor name and stand number added:
- Your DWG file should be 90% complete at least, the rest 10 % can be drawn manually by you in Mapspeople CMS
- Stand Number is the point of sync between the EP and MP
- File requirements:
  - True scale: The Floorplan needs to be in proper scale, including important navigation paths, stairs, elevators, etc.
  - Ground floor: If the event isn’t taking place on the ground floor, we need a Floorplan for this floor as well.
  - Placement: To reference the other floors correctly
  - Navigation: To ensure the navigation is correct from outside to the floor of the event
  - Entire floor: We need the entire floor, even if the event is only using part of it. Otherwise, we can’t place it correctly
  - Flat: The Floorplan needs to be flat, not 3d. If it’s not flat, it becomes too inaccurate.
  - Booth IDs: A Booth ID is needed, otherwise the Exhibitor Data from ExpoPlatform can’t be a match.
Venue name
Address of the venue
Stand colours for marking on the floor plan

Timeline:

ITEM	TIMING	RESPONSIBLE PARTY	COMMENTS
DWG file is sent to TAM (see assets slide)	6 weeks before event	Show Team	-
MapsPeople request form is completed	6 weeks before event	TAM	-
Map is digitized at EP using a hash key (API Key)		Maps People	Takes up to 2-4 weeks dependent on the size of the floorplan
First draft is delivered	3 weeks before event		TAM shares the information with show team.
Hash Key added to EP backend	3 weeks before event	TAM	-
EP runs script	3 weeks before event	TAM	-
Show team reviews first draft	3 weeks before event	Show Team	-
Up to 4 changes are fed back to MapsPeople	2 weeks before event	Show Team	Refer to below
Final booth changes are drawn directly in MapsPeople	2 weeks - closer to the show	TAM	-

App update is required for map to be visible inside app.

Requesting Changes to the floorplan:

4-5 Weeks before the show - Subject to approval	2-3 weeks away from the show	Closer to the show
New feature requests	Floor plan layout changes ( >5% change to floor plan layout)	Adding an extra booth
Custom changes	Adding Exhibitor Logos	Deleting Booth(s)
-	+ changes part of the column 3	Minor color changes (booths)

Basic changes to the floorplan can be directly done within the mapspeople CMS directly:

Adding/Editing Booths
Adding POI’s
Visibility of location types & labels (exhibitor name (or) exhibitor name + stand name)
Latitude / Longitude / Zoom level can be passed for the app. (Solution Details → Venues → Custom Property)

admin/general/settings → Mapspeople Integration settings related to Lat, Long, Zoom, Degree, Stroke, Hide Stand Names are only applicable to web interface.

For more detailed information on mapspeople CMS, you can visit the following link: https://docs.mapsindoors.com/content/cms/