Nearby is an application which allows to display into the Splash Portal a list of points of interest (such as cafes, restaurants, parks, cinemas, railway stations etc.) that are localized near the geographical position of the Hotspot. The various categories of services can be easily enabled through the Control Panel.
This application fully integrates with Net Coupons and Geo Chat applications, in order to give an improved experience to end-users and create a real community. The application, for each WiFi Area, displays on the map:

• all the Hotspots belonging to all WiFi Areas managed by the same Tenant who also manages the selected WiFi Area.
• all the end-users who are using the Geo Chat application in any WiFi Area belonging to the Tenant who also manages the selected WiFi Area.
• all the coupon campaigns created with Net Coupons application by the Tenant who manages the selected WiFi Area or by any WiFi Area Owner under this Tenant.

Control Panel management

By clicking the Manage button it is possible to configure the application to display the desired items on the map. It is possible to set the following options:

• Hotspots: setting this value to On, enables end-users to show on map the Hotspots, according to the value of the Visibility option described below. Vice versa, by setting this option to Off, no Hotspots will be displayed.
• Visibility: through this option, when the Hotspots option is set to On, it is possible to specify the Hotspots to show on map.
  If the set value is Tenant, all the Hotspots belonging to the Tenant will be shown on map.
  If the set value is WiFi Area, only the Hotspots belonging to the WiFi Area will be shown on map.
• Places: setting this value to On, enables end-users to show on map all the places activated through the Choose categories of interest option described below. Vice versa, by setting this option to Off, no places will be displayed. There is a very huge number of available categories, those that are not visible can be displayed and selected by clicking the Add category button.
• Choose categories of interest: through this option, when the Places option is set to On, it is possible to specify up to 15 categories of places and services to show on map. 
• People: setting this value to On, enables end-users to show on map all the Geo Chat users that are currently online. End-users are localized depending on the Hotspot where they  performed the authentication.
• Coupon: setting this value to On, enables end-users to show on map all the coupons created with the Net Coupons applications.

This action can be performed by the Tenant and, if the Responsibility is assigned to the WiFi Area, also by the WiFi Area Owner.

Settings

The settings available for this application are:

• Management
• Responsibility

For further information about these settings, please see Marketplace.

End-user experience

The application works even for end-users who did not perform the authentication on the Splash Portal. Anyway, only logged end-users are able to explore and navigate into the map.
Unlogged end-users will be able to display only a static map.

Through the top-left menu, it is possible to filter the types of items that are displayed on map. The available options are:

• Showcase: all available items are displayed on map.
• Coupons: only available coupons, created through Net-Coupons, are displayed on map. This option is available only if enabled through the Control Panel (as mentioned above).
• People: only online Geo-Chat users are displayed on map. This option is available only if enabled through the Control Panel (as mentioned above).
• Places: only places are displayed on map. This option is available only if enabled through the Control Panel, and for the categories enabled through the Control Panel (as mentioned above).

The second button allows to switch between a text-based list (List view) and the classical map view (Map view).

Then, it is possible to use a classical search filter in order to find particular items or categories on map.

Then, the application comes also with a sidebar, where it is possible to display coupons and chatters when the corresponding options are enabled in the Control Panel.