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Notes from the drafting table.
Practical guides on indoor maps: formats, drawings, positioning, accessibility and AI. Written by the people building Mapfloors.
Featured · Open data
IMDF explained: the open format for indoor maps
What the Indoor Mapping Data Format contains, who uses it, and what it doesn’t do.
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GuideMap creation
How to prepare floor plans for indoor mapping
A practical checklist for getting drawings ready, whether you map in-house or hand them to a vendor.
7 min read →GuidePositioning
Indoor positioning compared: Wi-Fi, BLE, UWB and visual
How each technology works, what accuracy to expect, and which one fits your venue.
8 min read →GuideAccessibility
Accessible wayfinding: what to map beyond step-free routes
The data that makes indoor maps genuinely useful for disabled visitors, and how to keep it current.
6 min read →GuideAI agents
Giving AI assistants a map of your building
Why chatbots struggle with “where is…” questions, and how MCP and spatial APIs fix it.
5 min read →See your own building in Mapfloors.
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