Engage users and build loyalty in your apps and on the web with just one line of code with Scout for Apps & Web. Learn how you can embed voice guided GPS navigation in less than 5 minues...for free.
2. Partner With a Leader
Users >34MM (North America)
>1,400 devices
Reach
all major Operating Systems
60M+ searches monthly
Usage
1B+ miles monthly
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3. Our Products
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5. Navigation & Directions Solution Challenges
Mobile navigation solutions:
• Kick the user out of your app
• Can be expensive
• Are platform or carrier dependent
• Don’t provide a safe experience
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6. The Solution: Scout API
The world’s first embeddable, free voice guided navigation and user loyalty
solution for mobile apps, websites, and emails
Turn
Left on
Hwy 101
Your Mobile App or Launch Screen Navigation Session Route Summary
website
• Your users remain in YOUR application • Copy & Paste code
• No user download or install required • HTML5 - No porting required
• Send to Phone service from the desktop • For websites, apps, email & SMS
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8. Sample Use Cases
Local Search: Increase user base to draw more advertisers
Travel: Increase loyalty with free navigation on all bookings.
Shopping & Services: Great customer service before they arrive
Real Estate: Generate agent referrals by helping buyers find homes
Check it out on any of these
apps or http://scout.me
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11. Getting Started
1. Join and get a test key & token: http://developer.telenav.com
Start Here
2. Create a URL for your Scout button
3. Get your production key
Requirements:
• An address or coordinates (latitude and longitude) to generate a route, URI encoded
• Developer Test key, token & production keys
• iOS 4+, Android 2.2+ and Windows Phone 7.5 or above device with HTML5 compatible browser & GPS,
location and audio enabled
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12. Code Samples
1. http://apps.scout.me/v1/driveto?dt=37.36681,-122.00156&token=<token>
2. http://apps.scout.me/v1/driveto?dt=37.36904,-
121.978&token=<token>&name=Starbucks%20Coffee
3. http://apps.scout.me/v1/driveto?dt=460%20N%20MATHILDA%20AVE%2C%20SUNNYVALE
%20CA%94086@37.3904,-121.978&token=<token>&name=Starbucks
Ok Better Best
1. Coordinates Only 2. Name & Coordinates 3. Name & Address
URI Encode your token, address & name
URI Encoding: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp
Encoder/Decoder Tool: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/dencoder/
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13. Code
http://apps.scout.me/v1/driveto?dt=<URI_encoded_address@lat,lon>&token=<
URI_encoded_token>&name=<URI_encoded_name>
Parameter Description Notes
Required. Must be URI encoded to work. For example, if your token is
token Your token
“AQAAATS1a5IIf//,”the URI-encoded version would be “AQAAATS1a5IIf%2F%2F”
Street address. For example "950 De Guigne Dr." street address should be combined
dt Address
with city/state or zip code. Required to display during navigation.
Destination coordinates. This field describes the latitude/longitude of the destination
address. The latitude/longitude is specified as a string. For example:
Lat , lon 37.373846,-121.999036
The lat/lon can be provided without the address or after the address followed by an
“@”.
Required to display during navigation. Every point of interest, whether it is a tourist
Name of the attraction, event venue, or store, typically has a name. Passing this name will help Scout
name
destination show the name to the user during navigation, upon arrival, and with their friends when
shared.
Code Samples at: http://developer.telenav.com
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14. Best Practices: Run In Webview
44 Pixels
Back Button
To: Do this:
Show WebView optimized experience* Append user agent string “ TNS4A/1.0” to indicate WebView. See sample below.
Keep navigation running during trip Set backlight to “always on” when S4A WebView opens
Allow users to end trip Include a back button in your 44 pixel header
Optimize the map real estate Turn off landscape mode during Scout for Apps session
Track user activity within a session Add custom HTTP header “T-S4AID” with a unique ID or add it as a parameter on
the query string,
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2
Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5 TNS4A/1.0
*Coming Soon
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