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Rerouting and nearby events
What happens when a visitor misses a turn or leaves the route, how the route is recalculated, and how nearby event notices work.
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A missed turn
If the footsteps and heading suggest the visitor walked past a turn, the instruction changes to Checking your location… with the detail “Point your camera at the space around you.” Veeee confirms the position with the camera before deciding anything, so a brief hesitation does not trigger a reroute.
Leaving the route
Rerouting is decided by Veeee from the camera checks, not guessed on the phone. When the confirmed position is off the planned route, a new route is planned from where the visitor actually is. The visitor sees Route updated for a moment and hears “Route updated.” followed by the next instruction.
| Status line | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Confirming your location… | The last checks were uncertain or suggested the visitor is off route; Veeee is confirming before changing anything. |
| Finding the best route from here… | The position was confirmed off route and a new route is being planned. |
| Route updated | A new route replaced the old one. |
| Recalculating route… | The visitor chose to navigate to a nearby event and the route is being replaced. |
If the navigation session is lost, for example after a long pause, Veeee starts a new one from the last confirmed location without asking the visitor to do anything.
Nearby events
Organizations can attach events to a location: a talk, a clinic, an exhibition opening. While a visitor navigates, Veeee tells them about events that are close to their route and current in time. Each event is shown at most once per walk.
- The headline depends on distance: You’re near an event, Event just ahead or Event nearby.
- The card shows the title, the location, the time in the visitor’s local time zone (“Today, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM”, “Now until 5:00 PM”), and the organizer’s message.
- Navigate there replaces the current destination with the event’s location and reroutes. Dismiss (or the Escape key) hides the card. The card never takes focus away from the directions.
Owners and administrators manage events from Events on the map’s Overview: title, location, start and end, description, the message visitors see, and how far from the location visitors are notified (at this location, just ahead, nearby or a wider area). Events start as drafts and are shown to visitors only once published.