HOUSTON, June 25, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Finding your way around Houston's airports will be as simple as
checking your smart phone when a new way-finding application is
launched on the Houston Airport System's award-winning
fly2houston.com website this month.
Working with San
Francisco-based company LocusLabs, George Bush
Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
will be the first airports in the world with the turn-by-turn
wayfinding technology that doesn't require downloading a separate
app to smart devices.
Once in place, passengers can easily access the interactive map
technology from any device or browser, whether the device is
mobile, desktop or tablet. The easy navigation tool provides
"transit path" directions that will take the user from their
originating point to their destination with the most direct and
efficient path possible. LocusLabs has named this product "Maps
Online."
Both graphic and text directions are provided and each step of
the path has turn-by-turn points listed, as well the estimated time
it will take to walk to the destination. As important, it offers
searchable navigation, with location information and search terms
for points of interest including gates, ground transportation,
ticket kiosks, shops, restaurants, security checkpoints, and
more.
"For the Houston Airport System, the accessibility of this new
technology is as exciting as being chosen as pilot airports for its
launch," said Kathleen Boyd, Head of
Marketing for the Houston Airport System. "The fact that there is
no app necessary — that travelers at our airports can use it simply
by going to fly2houston.com on their smart device — offers another
powerful and valuable tool to our customers, who already use our
passenger journey-focused award-winning website to find a wide
variety of information and services on a daily basis. It is another
step towards meeting our strategic objective to "Make Our
Passengers Happy."
The fly2houston.com website has earned accolades from industry
leaders and customers since its re-imagined makeover a year ago.
This new technology enhances its passenger journey-focused approach
with faster and easier feed updates, providing users with more
real-time updates on airport services and amenities as well as
up-to-the-minute updates on the airport footprint and points of
interest information.
Airport maps are some of the most-visited pages on the
fly2houston.com website, and with the new technology providing
precise navigation throughout both airports — as well as a search
engine that can provide information on shopping, dining, gate
location and more, this ground-breaking technology advances the
Houston Airport System's goal of providing the most complete and
useful information possible to passengers at both airports.
Launched in 2015, LocusLabs is a San
Francisco-based company that provides the platform and tools
that enable devices to be location-aware on a micro level.
LocusLabs is going a level deeper than existing mapping solutions
by not only mapping places, but also people, products, and things,
using technology that scales. LocusLabs' mission is to provide
global venues, enterprises and brands a digital platform to
communicate, share and manage everything about their physical
space.
"We are proud to partner with Houston Airport System, whose
innovative thinking is bringing IAH and HOU passengers the optimal
digital travel experience in whatever channel or app they may be
using," says Campbell Kennedy, Co-Founder and CEO,
LocusLabs.
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SOURCE Houston Airport System