Regional Winners ‘App Design’
On 20 October, the global satellite navigation community gathered at the ddb forum in Berlin to celebrate this year’s best innovations in satellite technology.
We proudly represented Ireland in the final and pitched our idea to the judges. This experience gave us invaluable learning opportunities and a chance to connect with industry leaders.
The European Satellite Navigation Competition hit a record this year with 515 submissions from entrepreneurs across 40 countries. Winning the #1 spot in Ireland and placing in the top 29 in Europe with our app, 112GPS, was an exciting achievement.
112GPS gives emergency services precise location coordinates for mobile calls. Emergency responders often struggle to locate callers when they cannot share their location verbally.
When someone dials 112, the app sends the user’s GPS coordinates and registered medical data to emergency services. It also alerts up to five contacts when 112 or 999 is called from the user’s phone. Despite an EU Directive urging better caller location procedures, a clear solution to this problem has not emerged yet.
App Design, the Irish development company behind 112GPS, believes this life-saving app will save lives and help emergency services across Europe save time, money, and resources.