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How to Architect a Fitness Tracker App with TomTom Maps

Have you considered building a fitness app but don't know what's involved? This article helps you understand, at a high level, what goes into building out a fitness tracker app and how you can use TomTom’s APIs to do so quickly. Read on to get inspired.
Dec 09, 2021·6 mins read
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Using Mapping APIs to Reward Insurance Customers for Good Driving Habits

Many insurance companies turn to mobile applications to monitor their clients’ safe — or not so safe — driving. Learn how to use TomTom Maps APIs to build out an app that insurance companies can trust to reward drivers for their good driving habits.
Nov 24, 2021·8 mins read
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Advanced Geofencing with TomTom Maps

Geofences power many advanced mapping applications — and can track more than a simple radius. Yet, many developers make minimal use of them. This article explores advanced use cases for TomTom’s Geofencing API so you can make the most of your geofences.
Jul 30, 2021·8 mins read
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Tracking and Tracing Construction Assets with the Location History API

TomTom’s Location History API enables us to safely store and retrieve the locations and movements of tracked devices. As developers, there are a plethora of ways we could use the Location History API (primarily the Objects Service and the Position History Service) to build applications that solve real construction industry problems. We'll examine some of the challenges in the construction field and how the Location History API can help solve them.
Jul 09, 2021·5 mins read
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Routing and ETA: Anatomy of a Trip

Learn how to work with the TomTom Routing API, using a little JavaScript, to deliver ETA. We’ll look at how different options and time of day change how the ETA is calculated, using two simple applications: ride-hailing services and package delivery.
Apr 06, 2021·9 mins read
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The Makings of a Simple Ridesharing Service with TomTom APIs: Back End

In the first article of this series, we discussed the components needed for the user-facing mobile app side of a ridesharing service. In this article, we'll walk you through the back-end architecture and some of the best practices for the APIs you'd use to power a ridesharing business.
Mar 15, 2021·6 mins read
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The Makings of a Simple Ridesharing Service with TomTom APIs: The Mobile App

One of the toughest parts of integrating technologies into a business is figuring out how the features of the given technology align with existing business processes and how they fit into the bigger picture. In this article, we’ll walk you through a high-level overview of how you can use TomTom's Maps SDK and Search, Routing, and Geofencing APIs to build a mobile application powering a simple ridesharing business.
Mar 11, 2021·8 mins read
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Create a Geomarketing Mobile Application Using TomTom Geofencing

Geomarketing adds new marketing capabilities to your applications. In this article, we’ll look at how geofencing enables you to select a specific target area, learn about the traffic in, out, and within the geofenced area, and use the information to add to your users’ experience.
Jan 05, 2021·6 mins read
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