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1. SCOUT FOR APPS
HTML5 Navigation Service
$1000 Prize for Best app with Scout API integration
Laura Della Torre
Associate Director, Partner Marketing
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2. MAP SOLUTIONS | DEVELOPER CHALLENGES
Mobile map solutions are:
• Complex to integrate
• Platform or carrier dependent
• Expensive for developers
• Beta quality
• Unsafe or inconvenient for users
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3. SCOUT FOR APPS | THE SOLUTION
World’s first embeddable free cross-platform
revenue sharing voice-guided navigation
Developer
App or Mobile Site Launch Screen Navigation Session Route Summary
• Code any location or address • HTML5 - No porting required
• Simple URL hyperlink • Supports mobile web & app
• One line of code • Browser or embedded WebView
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4. SCOUT FOR APPS | SAMPLE USE CASES
Travel: Increase loyalty with free navigation on all bookings.
Shopping: Confirm users get to your store or kiosk
Social: Increase time on your site by helping friends meet up.
Real Estate: Help buyers find your home listings
Entertainment: Sell more tickets & tables
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5. INSTRUCTIONS | OVERVIEW
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+ and Android 2.2+ device with HTML5 compatible browser & GPS, location and audio enabled
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6. 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.
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7. SAMPLE CODE
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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8. 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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9. BEST PRACTICES | OPTIMIZE BUTTON LOCATION
Ok Better Best
Map InfoWindow Search Results Landing Page Email
See us for these new buttons
Button Options:
Download Link:
http://developer.telenav.com/sdkweb/sdkwe
b/downloads/ScoutDriveButtonImages.zip
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10. Free travel coffee mug for all who integrate Scout for Apps
$1000 Prize for Best app implementing Scout API
Good luck!
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Email: developer@telenav.com
Twitter: @TelenavDev
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