Ecodia
Glovebox
Offline navigation for Australia that keeps working with no mobile signal.
The challenge
Most navigation apps assume a mobile signal. Drive past the last tower on an outback route and the map goes blank exactly where you need it most. The areas where you most need navigation are the areas with no reception.
What we built
Glovebox stores what it needs on the device so losing signal changes nothing: maps, routing, fuel range and road conditions that keep working with no reception. When the signal drops, the route keeps rendering, because everything the trip needs is already on the phone.
The drop-out is the demo
You cannot prove offline navigation with a screenshot. You prove it by turning off reception and watching routing continue. Glovebox is built so that works.
The map keeps working with no signal.
How we worked
Glovebox is offline-first by architecture, not as a fallback. The demo is the moment the signal drops and the map keeps working. Navigation stays free forever.
What it adds up to
The web app is live at glovebox.ecodia.au; both native rebuilds are in testing.
The offline-first design means the map keeps routing with zero reception, which is the point in outback Australia.
A CarPlay entitlement is granted, so the map runs on the car dashboard.
An Ecodia product.
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