Converting Paper Maps into Digital with Geolocation
Trimaps converts any classic image map to an actual digital interactive map with geolocation. Jonathan Falon, founder at Trimaps, explains how the application works on mobiles and how it can be used for hotels, recreation parks, golf courses and many more. They have an API for website use and an SDK for developers. Jonathan talks about their monetization model, their team and how they utilized their initial seed funding. He goes on to explain the use of their other product, called Tricount, which enables a group of friends to organise their group expenses. Balancing or ‘going Dutch’ on travel expenses and with a good initial number of users in 3 countries. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.
4:04 “..Tricount is a large scale application that enables a group of friends to organise their group expenses…We have more than 400K users, mostly in France and in Belgium and we just launched the Spanish release. We are really expanding right now and we are looking for investment to continue the project…”
Jonathan Fallon
Co-Founder at Trimaps & Tricount
Jonathan Fallon holds a Master Degree in computer science engineering from the "Université catholique de Louvain", Belgium. Prior to Tricount and Trimaps, he has worked for 10 years in the banking sector and digital publishing industry as a software engineer and implementation consultant.
Specialties: Software engineering
Tech Talks Central interviewed 37 ICT professionals at the Mobile World Congress 2015, the Health & Wellness by ECHAlliance and the Heroes of the Mobile Fringe, events that ran through March 1st to March 4th in Barcelona, Spain.