Smart routing
Navigate smarter, safer, and more intuitively
What is Situm’s Smart Routing?
Situm Smart Routing provides powerful turn-by-turn navigation inside your venue, delivering the fastest, most accessible, and most understandable routes. Our technology ensures users can move confidently across complex environments, whether they are in airports, hospitals, malls, or office campuses.
With intelligent path planning, accessible routes, and rich guidance features, Situm offers the most advanced and flexible indoor-outdoor navigation experience.
Key Features
Situm Smart Routing turns indoor navigation into a fluid and inclusive experience for every user. Whether navigating with or without real-time positioning, Situm offers the most adaptable and accessible routing options — from static step-by-step directions to dynamic live guidance. Below are the key features that make Situm the smartest way to move through complex venues.
Static Wayfinding: Find your way without real-time location
No live positioning? No problem. Situm allows users to select their starting point and destination to receive easy-to-follow directions.
- POI-to-POI navigation: Find and navigate between locations with simple step-by-step instructions.
- Clear step-by-step guidance: Directions like “Go ahead, turn right” guide users naturally through the venue.
- Flexible route types: Shortest, wheelchair-friendly, stair-free, or even custom paths — tailored to every user’s needs.
- Checkpoint-based guidance: Routes are divided into intuitive segments (like “Main Entrance” > “Elevators”) to make navigation clearer and less overwhelming.
Ideal for kiosks, wesites, or mobile apps when live positioning is not available.
Dynamic Step-by-Step Navigation: Real-time journey updates
When users are moving with real-time positioning, Situm offers dynamic and smart guidance updated live.
- Live tracking: See your location and route on the map as you move.
- Automatic re-routing: Deviate from the path? Situm recalculates automatically.
- Real-time distance and ETA: Always know how far and how long to reach your destination.
- Voice-guided instructions: Turn-by-turn directions are spoken aloud, with the option to replay any instruction.
Perfect for delivering a seamless, intuitive journey inside any complex venue.
Accessible Navigation: Built for everyone
At Situm, we believe navigation should be inclusive and easy for all.
- Wheelchair-friendly routes: Prioritize accessible paths automatically.
- Voice guidance & screen reader support: Helping visually impaired users move independently.
- Custom route preferences: Let users avoid rugged terrain, steep ramps, or select smoother paths.
- High contrast and large fonts: Enhanced readability for all visual needs.
Checkpoint-Based Navigation: Simpler, clearer routes
Forget confusing “turn, turn, go” instructions. Situm structures every journey around key checkpoints:
- Natural route segmentation: Navigate from one meaningful point to the next (e.g., “Go to the lobby”, “Reach the elevators”).
- Intuitive flow: Understand the overall route at a glance, not just the next step.
- Smoother experience: Less cognitive load, more confidence while moving through complex spaces.
A smarter way to guide — focused on how people naturally think and move.
Easy Integration
Just like the rest of Situm’s platform, Smart Routing is ready to deploy quickly and easily:
- Visual Mobile SDKs: Available for Android, iOS, React Native, Flutter, Cordova, and Capacitor.
- REST APIs: Manage your POIs, paths, and configurations dynamically.
- Offline Mode: Works even without an internet connection after maps are downloaded.
Smart Routing Benefits
Situm Smart Search transform frustration into joy by allowing your users to quickly find what they’re looking for.
- Intuitive Navigation: Simple, understandable instructions reduce user stress and confusion.
- Flexible Path Planning: Adapt routes based on accessibility needs or venue-specific conditions.
- Inclusive Experience: Voice instructions, screen reader compatibility, high-contrast support, and more.
- Enhanced User Engagement: Dynamic messaging and environmental cues create richer navigation experiences.
- Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Transition: Users move smoothly between buildings, floors, and open areas.
Smart Search FAQs
Yes. Routes can prioritize accessible paths, avoiding stairs and steep ramps.
Yes. Our text-to-speech system reads all step-by-step instructions automatically as the user moves.
Yes. You can tag specific paths (e.g., noisy, bright, steep) and configure accessibility preferences to avoid them.
Absolutely. A “Replay” button is available to repeat the last spoken instruction, ensuring users never miss important information.
Yes. Once the maps and routing data are downloaded, navigation works without an internet connection.
Yes. Users can manually select their starting point and destination, and Situm will provide step-by-step directions without needing live positioning.
Smart Routing automatically detects deviations and recalculates a new optimal route in real-time, ensuring users always get back on track.
Yes. Users always see the estimated walking time and distance to their destination, updated live as they move.
Absolutely. You can fully customize route colors, POI icons, fonts, and overall visual style to seamlessly integrate with your brand.
Yes. Instead of overwhelming users with constant turns, Situm structures navigation around key checkpoints, making it easier and more intuitive to follow.
Yes. It supports screen readers, voice guidance, high-contrast modes, large fonts, and other accessibility options to ensure an inclusive experience for everyone.
Yes. Routes can be customized to prioritize stairs (for a healthier path), avoid private areas, or follow special path tags defined in your venue.