Route Optimization/Navigation in the iForm App

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October 05, 2018 19:31

Hi Zerion Community,

We are looking into adding the ability to create an optimized route between a set of points on the map. Below I have a screenshot mockup of what something like this could look like.

- From your mobile device be able to select a set of points or all points and create a route.

- Incorporate Navigation into the app to give users turn by turn directions en route to the record.

We are looking to see if the community is interested in this possible feature and any use cases groups may have please share them below. We believe this can make field users more efficient by creating the quickest route between a set of points and let users spend more time working and less time driving from location to location.

Thanks!

Ben

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  Gwen Stoker March 29, 2019 16:34

  Yes, please add this feature

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  Robert Frankel October 21, 2019 15:05 (Edited October 21, 2019 15:06)

  This feature would be a welcome addition and far more valuable than a casual look might suggest. In my past experience and industry, assigning inspections and then having field users deal with route planning was a time-consuming and expensive process. Many firms that could easily have relied upon the Google API chose mapping packages that were both overkill and overpriced.

  Even the mockup above would be game-changing - From the perspective of field users, they'd gain an entirely portable mechanism by which to plan routes. So it would simplify their workload.

  At the C-Suite level, it would continue to enable the pivot to the Thin IT model. This would be a particularly elegant solution to reducing or eradicating the footprint of some of these mapping packages.  The costs of acquisition, ongoing licensure, maintenance, and internal IT admin costs are material. 

  So a feature that could be incorporated into iFB would have a disproportionately large value proposition. It's a relatively simple exercise for a COO or analyst at an organization/institution to determine the specific, measurable impact this might have on bottom line. 

  Finally, the transformative nature of migrating this process to mobile devices is the virtual definition of the SAMR principles Zerion encourages in material to developers.  It seems like the platform can't lose adding this in.

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