Join us for a webinar on an opportunity that only 2% of publishers are taking advantage of – indoor tours. We’ll discuss our indoor tour player, which we designed specifically for spaces where GPS playback isn’t possible like museums and galleries, as well as the simpler process of publishing indoor tours using Mapmaker.
While we’ve built our reputation on exceptional outdoor tours – and walking tours in particular – our growing community of loyal users now prioritise VoiceMap experiences when they travel, giving us the perfect opportunity to go indoors.
Only 34 out of 1,648 tours on our platform use our indoor interface at the moment, but indoor tours don’t depend on good weather in the same way as our outdoor tours. They’re also an opportunity to offer tours at some of the world’s most visited attractions. Tours at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, Rome’s Colosseum, and Lisbon’s Monastery of Jerónimos have already used the indoor player successfully.
Indoor tours are also easier to produce than outdoor tours, with fewer technical considerations like matching audio time to talk time. That doesn’t mean they don’t offer a user experience that goes beyond the basics, and with Mapmaker you can publish indoor tours that feel carefully curated and give users interesting choices.
The features include:
- A Mapmaker workflow that allows you to organise content into meaningful sections
- Clear navigation along a suggested route with text directions that slide in when listeners need them, followed by a photo of where they need to be next.
- Listeners can tap “I’m Here” when they’re ready – or don’t, and choose “Skip Location” instead to get directions to the next point on their route.
- A ”Dig Deeper” button for locations that go beyond the basics, letting listeners pick what interests them most.
- A progress a bar at the top of the screen, from start to finish
Duration: 45 minutes
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Time: 15:00 CET/ 14:00 GMT/ 09:00 EST/ 06:00 PST
The webinar is open to anyone, but you need to RSVP here. Once you’ve RSVP’d, we’ll send you a calendar request with a Google Meet link.