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    Dude, Where's My Car? The Hidden Cost of Broken Indoor Navigation
    Episode 4
    February 16, 2026

    Dude, Where's My Car? The Hidden Cost of Broken Indoor Navigation

    Dustin Gimbel, Co-founder of RouteMe

    Indoor navigation solutions in aviation environments — how RouteMe's video-based approach is transforming wayfinding across airports, airlines, and healthcare.

    Indoor Navigation
    Airport Wayfinding
    GPS-Denied Environments
    Passenger Experience

    Show Notes

    Dustin Gimbel shares how a Miami International Airport pilot became a multi-year contract plus airline app integrations. The discussion covers GPS denial in multi-level concrete structures, bandwidth variability indoors, continuous spatial modifications, passenger cognitive limitations during navigation, web-based video routing versus beacon and app-dependent alternatives, pre-arrival distribution through airline channels, and operational impacts including reduced Passenger with Reduced Mobility (PRM) demand.

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