The NavM8 platform
One pipeline for indoor maps, positioning, and navigationâfrom SDKs in your app to tools your operations team can update without freezing the building.
Indoor navigation core
BLE-first fixes with fusion on-device, mesh-friendly beacon layouts, and routing that follows how a venue is actually builtâincluding demanding spaces like multi-deck ships.
Geofencing & proximity
Zones that feel helpful, not noisyâarrivals, dwell, and contextual prompts grounded in reliable indoor presence.
Asset & ops positioning
Extend the same anchor footprint to carts, equipment, and crew workflows when you need accountability beyond the visitor experience.
Real-world example
CruiseM8 â same NavM8 stack, life at sea
CruiseM8 is a guest companion app that shows what NavM8 can feel like in one of the toughest indoor environments: steel corridors, busy promenades, and multi-level decks. It is one application of our indoor navigation technologyânot the whole story.
- Turn-by-turn deck maps for theatres, dining, and key venues
- BLE-tuned behaviour where satellite fixes disappear indoors
- A friendly UI layer a cruise line or partner can brand
Where indoor navigation matters
Large footprints, tricky RF, and crowdsâthe same reasons malls and hospitals need real indoor maps apply at sea. NavM8 spans both shoreside venues and maritime environments.
- Cruise & ferries
- Port terminals & shore complexes
- Offshore & specialty vessels
- Healthcare campuses
- Retail & malls
- Logistics & warehousing
- Corporate & training facilities
- Museums & mega-venues
From anchors to accurate routes
Great indoor navigation is quieter than people think: fewer wrong turns, less staff overhead, and maps that still make sense when the venue changes. NavM8 focuses on the unglamorous partsâBLE placement, mesh-friendly coverage, sensor fusion, and graph-shaped mapsâso your app can stay fast, legible, and trustworthy.
- iOS & Android SDKs and a practical map authoring toolchain
- Route analytics: flows, dwell, and where people actually get stuck
- Staged deployment: validate coverage before you promise metre-perfect corners
- Operator workflows: update POIs and paths without rebuilding everything
Analytics & data
When people follow real routesânot guesses on a spreadsheetâyou can see how a venue actually behaves. NavM8 helps operators turn indoor movement into actionable insight: crowd rhythms, favourite paths, and offers that land where (and when) they make sense.
Behaviour & footfall
Understand how visitors move through zones over days and weeks: entries, exits, dwell, and repeat visitsâso staffing, signage, and cleaning align with real traffic.
Time-of-day hotspots
Spot when corridors, atria, bars, or retail pinch points spike. Compare dayparts, events, and itineraries to see what drains flow and what quietly works.
Route & flow patterns
Aggregate path tendencies show the âvillage pathsâ people actually takeânot just shortest graph edges. Use it to tune wayfinding, reduce conflicts, and place services where demand already exists.
Location-based promotions
Trigger context-aware offers when someone enters a geofenced venue or nears a partner POI: retail drops, dining nudges, or event tie-insâtimed and placed to feel helpful, not random.
Smarter targetingâfrom patterns you can explain
With appropriate consent, clear in-app controls, and respect for local privacy rules, you can turn individual movement patterns into respectful targeting: someone who heads to the same bar on successive nights is a strong candidate for a beverage or package offer; guests who regularly pass through or dwell near the casino might be offered curated perks or entertainment tie-insâalways bounded by the policies and ethics your company defines.
NavM8 is built for transparent, policy-driven use of data: segmentation rules you own, retention you control, and exports that fit your compliance workflow.
Letâs make your indoor maps useful
Tell us about your venue class, timelines, and what âgood navigationâ means for your guests or staff. We reply from Australia and work with teams across time zones.