by Margery Wilson

On  our June 12 show we talked with Brian Wilson, co-founder and vice president of marketing for Point Inside, who discussed the development and on-going growth of  Point Inside.

Have you walked around in circles at a mall or airport feeling completely lost, or followed a map only to discover you have gone completely the wrong way? Of course you have — we’ve all been there! To the rescue:  “Point Inside,” a mobile indoor mapping and positioning platform will allow you to easily locate any restroom, elevator, kiosk in over 500 malls and airports in the US and Canada, and will provide you with store and promotion information as well.

Brian Wilson

Because Point Inside uses your smart phone’s GPS, the maps are dynamic. No more turning a JPEG map this way and that trying to figure out the best orientation. Anyone who has been desperate to locate the nearest restroom would be willing to pay a hefty fee for guidance but, here is more great news — Point Inside is FREE.  To see a comprehensive list of the locations mapped so far, and get your free download, click HERE.

“We have forever changed the landscape for travelers,” said Kevin Foreman, CEO of Point Inside, Inc. “Whether you’re a family who wants to quickly find the nearest restroom with a changing station, or a savvy business traveler who wants to be more efficient, our mobile app can help. It’s extremely easy to use, and we’ve gone to great lengths to provide the most accurate, complete airport maps available anywhere.”

Not only does the Point Inside app have useful and handy interactive smart maps, it also features SmartFix™, which allows users to determine their location on a map to quickly and easily find nearby amenities. Other features include offline “airplane mode” where users can plan layover activities while in the air. Quick keys also make it easy to instantly see locations of all restrooms, restaurants, ATMs, or special promotions highlighted on the airport maps.

The following airport maps are available now for free on iPod, iPad, and iPhone, with more being added very soon:

* Anchorage  (ANC)
* Atlanta (ATL)
* Austin (AUS)
* Baltimore/Wash (BWI)
* Boston Logan (BOS)
* Calgary (YYC)
* Charlotte-Douglas (CLT)
* Chicago – Midway (MDW)
* Chicago – O’Hare (ORD)
* Cincinnatti (CVG)
* Columbus (CMH)
* Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
* Denver (DEN)
* Detroit Wayne (DTW)
* Honolulu (HNL)
* Houston – Bush (IAH)
* Indianapolis (IND)
* Jacksonville (JAX)
* Kahului (OGG)
* Kansas City (MCI)
* Las Vegas  (LAS)
* Los Angeles (LAX)
* Memphis (MEM)
* Miami (MIA)
* Minneapolis (MSP)
* Montreal (YUL)
* Nashville (BNA)
* Newark Liberty (EWR)
* NY – John F. Kennedy (JFK)
* NY – LaGuardia (LGA)
* Oakland (OAK)
* Oklahoma City (OKC)
* Orlando (MCO)
* Philadelphia (PHL)
* Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)
* Portland (PDX)
* Raleigh-Durham (RDU)
* Reno (RNO)
* Sacramento (SMF)
* Salt Lake City (SLC)
* San Antonio (SAT)
* San Diego (SAN)
* San Francisco (SFO)
* San Jose (SJC)
* Seattle-Tacoma (SEA)
* St. Louis (STL)
* Tampa (TPA)
* Toronto (YYZ)
* Vancouver (YVR)
* Wash – Dulles (IAD)
* Wash – Reagan National (DCA)

You can follow Point Inside on Facebook by clicking HERE