Google’s Indoor Maps service provides detailed floor plans that automatically appear when one is zoomed in on a building. For example, if a library visitor needs to find the Science Reference Desk or a computer lab, then Indoor Maps would give them point-by-point navigation via their Android smart phone or tablet to that specific location. In this webinar, learn how libraries, college campuses, and other places can work with Google to get their space mapped for indoor guidance.

1. Google Indoor Mapping

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3. The research shows …
Source: http://pewinternet.org

4. The research shows …
• As of April 2012, 55% of adult cell owners use
the internet on their mobile phones; nearly
double what we found three years ago.
• 31% of current cell internet users say that they
mostly go online using their cell phone, and
not using some other device such as a desktop
or laptop computer.
Source: http://pewinternet.org

5. The research shows …
Source: http://pewinternet.org

6. The governing bodies Google has communicated with are:
IAEM (International Association of Emergency Management)
IACLEA (International Association of College Law Enforcement Administrators)
CSHEMA (Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association)
IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police)

7. Google Indoor Maps Case Studies
Visit: http://goo.gl/fZVT6
Indoor Maps availability: http://goo.gl/zvhiK More information: http://goo.gl/HPmKb

8. Mall of America in Minneapolis before and after, with a floor selector
Source: http://goo.gl/61Cb7

9. Stage 1: Uploading and aligning floor
plans over satellite Google map

15. Content Guidelines: http://goo.gl/lPB81

16. Stage 2: Determine what to label
Champaign Public Library

17. Stage 3: Google Team Surveys Buildings
Walks are files created with the
Google Maps Floor Plan Marker
application to help improve
location accuracy by walking
through a building and collecting
relevant location information along
the way.
Point of interest survey to add
notes to the map.

18. Google Maps Floor Plan Marker
Download the app! http://goo.gl/2nBRh

19. Stage 4: Review
• Color-code sections (e.g., offices could be light-
blue and classrooms could be green.)
• Add icons like:
• Work with Google to insure building sections are
labeled/not-labeled correctly before service goes
live.
• Google Indoor Mapping Marketing Director will
help develop a press release etc.

20. Let’s
Hangout!
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