To turn a maze into a checkerboard, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) has developed an indoor guidance system for Taipei Railway Station. It does not require an Internet connection. Taipei Railway Station has so many exits that inside it’s all a bit of a maze. Not only is it a challenge to transfer from one mode of transport to another, it is often a total nightmare trying to find the person you’re supposed to meet. Enter the new app, “TRA EZ GO.”
TRA EZ GO is an indoor guidance system, which allows users to use a smartphone app together with the positioning markers on the floor to locate the station’s ten most difficult-to-find exits, as well as the entrances to the MRT system, Taiwan High Speed Rail and Taipei City Mall. You just need to point your smartphone at the positioning markers on the floor. There is not even any need to for a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection.
Positioning can be done in as little as 0.3 seconds and an arrow will appear to give directions. People can make appointments with friends to meet at a certain position and find them easily. They can now say goodbye to trying to find someone in a maze in Taipei Railway Station.
Photo: Ethan Zhan, Taipei Times
照片:台北時報詹豐造
In the past, if members of the public wanted to tell others where they could find them, they could only use the shops or station entrances to describe their locations, which made searching a difficult task. Now they only need to scan the positioning markers or tell people their coordinates, and people can find them with ease. There is no need to waste time telling people exactly where you are.
(Liberty Times, translated by Ethan Zhan)
把迷宮變為棋盤,台鐵研發出不用上網的台北車站室內導航系統。台鐵台北車站出口多,內部宛如迷宮,不僅轉乘不易,朋友相約碰面更難。台鐵設計出「台鐵EZGO」室內導航系統,利用手機APP及地板定位辨識貼紙,就能定位台鐵最易迷路的十個出口及北捷、高鐵、台北地下街各門戶。只要把手機對準地板上的辨識定位圖案,不用藍芽、免上網,最快0.3秒便可完成定位,並以箭頭導航。朋友間可相約在某定位點迅速會合,不會「相找兩茫茫」。
以往民眾相約互報自己位置,只能以店鋪或車站出入口形容自己所在位置,但卻很難找;現在只要掃描貼紙確認座標,或是與人相約在某座標,就可以輕鬆抵達,不用花太多時間描述、溝通。
〔記者黃立翔、甘芝萁/台北報導〕
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