What is a trigger zone?

<aside> 💡 ***A set area, drawn by the guide creator around a place, that is customized to each place to ensure that:

1. The audio starts automatically playing at the right time at the right spot when visitors are on a tour.

2. Visitors exploring the destination themselves reach the zone at the right time at the right spot and receive a notification that there is a place of interest they can learn about.

The app uses a GPS signal.***

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SHAPE and SIZE

The most commonly employed trigger-zone shapes are circles and rectangles.

1. SHAPE of trigger zones

🔵 CIRCLE

<aside> 💡 Suitable for intersections and irregularly shaped zones

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There is a circle trigger zone set by default in the system, it is 20m in radius

It can be reduced or enlarged

🟦  CUSTOMIZED SHAPE

<aside> 💡 Rectangles are best suited to areas along the streets and level spaces

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<aside> 💡 *A **trigger zone

• should not cross themselves
• should not** contain sharp angles or very narrow areas
• try to avoid using complex shapes when forming them*

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Combined with a low level of accuracy when determining a tourist’s position, all of these can lead to a failure to activate the story.

2. SIZE of trigger zone

💡 Important to know:

🏡 In moderately built-up areas, increase the trigger zone by 10-15 meters in each direction.

🏙️ In heavily built-up areas (where there are skyscrapers or narrow streets in city centers), the potential accuracy of determining a tourist’s position drops. The trigger-zone boundaries, therefore, need to be increased by 15-20 meters in each direction.