Guide Dogs and BindiMaps boosts access at Pacific Werribee Shopping Centre
Press Release: Pacific Werribee shopping centre is now more accessible to Victorians with low vision or blindness following the installation of new wayfinding beacon technology, BindiMaps. Guide Dogs Victoria has joined forces with BindiMaps, supported by Wyndham City Council to install new navigation technology at Pacific Werribee shopping centre, working to ensure the local Wyndham […]
Tactiles and Braille won’t solve Sunshine Coast Hospital’s $5m problem
Creating truly accessible hospitals needs to go beyond adding tactiles and braille signage. Digital wayfinding is inclusive, empowering and inexpensive.
Spotlight On… Dr Thanassis Boulis, Principal Systems Architect at BindiMaps
Meet Principal Systems Architect, Dr Athanassios (Thanassis) Boulis!
Thanassis is responsible for the complex system design of BindiMaps, and the development of our localisation and navigation algorithms.
Spotlight On…John-Ross Barresi, National Locations Manager at BindiMaps
Meet John-Ross (JR) Barresi, our National Locations Manager.
JR manages all the BindiMaps supported locations in Australia, including setting them up and maintaining them.
This means he is often out at shopping centres, office buildings or hospitals getting the spaces ready for the BindiMaps navigation system to do its thing.
Spotlight On…Joash Chong, Senior Developer at BindiMaps
Meet Joash Chong, Senior Developer at BindiMaps.
Prior to joining us at BindiMaps, Joash worked at a global last-mile delivery and logistics company, where he focused on designing the vehicle routing algorithms that helped drivers deliver as efficiently as possible.
Spotlight On… Leethu Mathai, Mobile Developer at BindiMaps
Meet Leethu Mathai, who develops and manages BindiMaps’ iOS mobile app.
Leethu is a very experienced mobile developer and most of her 9+ years’ experience has been in developing applications for corporate and industrial clients in insurance, energy and banking.
Spotlight On… Keith Urquhart, Senior Software Engineer at BindiMaps
Meet Keith Urquhart, Senior Software Engineer at BindiMaps. Before BindiMaps, Keith was the CTO of a global last-mile delivery and logistics company. Starting from early startup stage, Keith built and managed a scalable platform that eventually sent thousands of delivery drivers in more than 50 countries exactly where they needed to go when they needed […]
A day in the driver’s seat “A little left” said Tony in that same calm tone I had grown used to over the past twenty minutes. In that time, we had become a well-oiled machine. Tony carefully directing me around Sandown Park, and me following his every word intently. “A little right, a little more, […]
SBC Accelerator concludes with demo day
CEO Anna Wright and COO Mladen Jovanovic pitched to investors and major sports facilities this week at the Startup Bootcamp Sports and EventTech Accelerator demo day. The accelerator is sponsored by some of Australia’s largest sporting stadiums and sports organisations, including Cricket Australia, the Australian Grand Prix and Netball Australia and aims to showcase and […]
The technology behind BindiMaps
BindiMaps is a mobile app available for Android and iOS devices, that provides localisation and wayfinding for users in indoor and outdoor spaces, and is especially useful where GPS doesn’t work well. Although the system can be used by anyone, BindiMaps is optimised for users with vision impairment. It operates using smart audio directions to […]