Apple Inc. has recently unveiled a survey app for the iPhone which primarily serves as a Global Positioning System (GPS) for indoor usage. A new apps page has been launched on the Apple App Store were this app made its debut developed by Mr. Steve Troughton-Smith. The idea behind this application by the tech behemoth is to have its own mobile app platform that will assist small and medium sized businesses to guide consumers to their location by connecting on Maps Connect. The recent Apple product is currently not found through the search bar of the App Store. It can only be downloaded via Apple Maps Connect registrations. This application is so far hidden by the company and is also updated and termed as Indoor Survey version 0.1, that is functioning on iOS 8 on various devices like the iPod touch, iPad and iPhone which are used by owners of small businesses. Currently the application can offer support to three languages such as Chinese, English and Japanese. As per the description provided by the company regarding its Indoor Survey app states, "By dropping 'points' on a map within the Survey App, you indicate your position within the venue as you walk through. As you do so, the indoor Survey App measures the radio frequency (RF) signal data and combines it with an iPhone's sensor data. The end result is indoor positioning without the need to install special hardware." The present components in the Apple iPhone enable it to do various app based tasks. So the application merely gets its hands on the sensors present in the device and then starts to measure out the distance between the arbitrary connections points in the workplace to the Apple users. So the question here arises so as to what is the reference point that is used to measure the distance in the present radio waves from the device? Some of the people have this speculation that the Bluetooth sensors of the device are used while some consider it to be the Wi-Fi antennae. However, nobody really knows what the real game is and all this is based on mere speculation. The idea behind this app si unique and once it is launched publicly then many business owners will benefit since mostly businessmen are concerned about the location of their offices. AAPL has come up with a great technique that will have good impacts in the corporate sector.
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