Research and Development of a Pedestrian Navigation System

GPS（全球定位系统）和地图行业近年来一直由谷歌等科技巨头主导。5G的采用、GPS芯片（双频GPS芯片）的进步、欧盟伽利略星座和中国北斗卫星星座的建成以及导航服务不足的行人消费者细分市场等因素的结合，为导航空间的颠覆提供了独特的机会。随着这些高精度定位技术的推出，创建一个专门针对步行市场的定制导航系统已经成为可能。为了解决这一差距，总部位于多伦多的iMerciv公司正在开发一种行人导航系统Mapinhood。Mapinhood被设计成一个众包系统，将根据用户偏好、无障碍需求和实际地面条件提供高度定制的寻路服务。在拟议的项目中，iMerciv和Centennial College正在合作进行路由算法和数据收集机制的研究和开发。该项目的成功完成将有助于在2020年初推出该平台。Mapinhood的发布将在未来几年内为加拿大创造高技能工作岗位。

GPS (global positioning system) and mapping industry has been dominated in the recent years by tech giants such as Google. The combination of factors such as the adoption of 5G, advancements in GPS chips (duel frequency GPS chip), the completion of the Galileo constellation in EU and the Beidou constellation of satellites in China together with the underserved pedestrian consumer segment on navigation presents a unique opportunity for disruption in the navigation space. With the launch of these high-precision positioning technologies, it has become possible to create a customized navigation system dedicated to pedestrian markets only. To address this gap, iMerciv, a Toronto based company is building Mapinhood, a navigation system for pedestrians. Mapinhood is being designed as a crowd-sourced system and will offer highly customized path-finding based on user preferences, accessibility needs and actual ground conditions. In the proposed project, iMerciv and Centennial College are partnering to conduct research and development for the routing algorithm and a data collection mechanism. Successful completion of this project will help launch the platform in early 2020. Release of Mapinhood will create highly skilled jobs in Canada over the coming years.