1. Executive Summary

NAVORA’s Intelligent Layered Map Engine is the visual foundation for real-time, multi-modal navigation across marine, road, trail, off-road, and snow environments. Unlike static mapping platforms, it dynamically adjusts overlays based on user context, group state, terrain hazards, and behavioral modeling. The system delivers not only direction — but situational awareness, predictive safety insights, and group coordination.

Why It Matters:

• Enhances user decision-making through adaptive visualization

• Merges real-time conditions with behavioral insight for smarter routing

• Powers all NAVORA modules — from HELM to CONNECT to CONCIERGE

Unique Advantage: NAVORA’s map engine is movement-native, safety-tuned, and AI-driven. It layers environmental hazards, regulatory zones, social signals, and user behavior — in real time — across all navigation contexts.

 

2. Core Capabilities

2.1 Real-Time Hazard Overlays

• Marine: Tides, wind, storm fronts, reef zones, shallows

• Road: Traffic slowdowns, debris, construction, accidents

• Trail: Avalanches, fires, closures, seasonal snow/ice

• Sources: NOAA, DOT, CAIC, municipal GIS, user reports, AI-inferred anomalies

• Color-coded, timestamped, and severity-weighted

 

2.2 Night Mode with Contrast Safety Adaptation

• Supports low-light marine ops, alpine descent, road trips

• Includes:

  • Terrain inversion (depth-height swap)

  • Critical hazard glow rings

  • Visual enhancements for impaired vision

• Auto-triggers by light sensor, time-of-day, or user setting

 

2.3 Regulatory Zone Display

• Zones include:

  • Marine parks, no-wake areas, protected waters

  • Traffic/toll corridors, pedestrian areas

  • Snowmobile-restricted trails, wildlife corridors

• Synced via API with municipal, government, private sources

• Clickable layers with live status, expiry, and rule tags

 

2.4 Heatmaps for Popular Routes, Anchorages, Trails

• Computed via:

  • NAVORA ID pulse aggregation

  • Historical route density and dwell time

  • Anonymized group behavior patterns

• Use cases:

  • Where vessels anchor at dusk

  • Which trails are busiest in spring

  • Fleet density in convoy or regatta navigation

• Features:

  • Color scaling, time filtering, visual route comparison

 

2.5 AI-Guided Route Suggestion

• Adapts to:

  • User history, group behavior, hazard zones, terrain difficulty, weather

• Suggestion modes:

  • Fastest, safest, scenic, social, eco-efficient

• Supports:

  • Mid-journey adaptation (deviations, route voting, mood shifts)

  • Route + fallback pairings for safety and continuity

• Continuously improves from NAVORA-wide anonymized feedback

 

3. Integration Points

• NAVORA CORE OS: Map engine is the core visual context for all NAVORA systems

• NAVORA HELM / DRIVE / WALK / SNOW: Renders terrain- and mode-specific overlays

• NAVORA CONNECT: Displays group positioning, ETAs, vote prompts

• NAVORA SWARM: Allows hazard overlays and heatmap sync offline

• NAVORA Concierge: Powers POI discovery, venue routing, visual itinerary mapping

 

4. Use Cases & Personas

Scenarios

• Marine pilot avoids a reef zone using a real-time hazard overlay

• Resort guest views heatmap of nearby crowded trails and reroutes

• Family in convoy splits: map displays alternate routes and reconnection POIs

• Snowmobile group follows avalanche-safe routing suggestion after NAVORA alert

Personas

• Ana, Expedition Leader: Chooses safest night route across arctic trail using terrain inversion

• James, Dockmaster: Views anchored vessel density to predict marina overflow

• Lena, Resort Guest: Uses heatmap and POIs to find quiet hikes and avoid congestion

 

5. Privacy, Security & Safety

• All hazard and pulse data anonymized and aggregated for heatmaps

• Heatmap layers are visual-only — no individual movement exposed

• Night mode and hazard contrasts designed for visibility and accessibility

• AI suggestions respect NAVORA Trusted Zones and opt-in logic

 

6. Patentable Claims

• Dynamic vector-tile engine with modular AI overlay injection

• Heatmap generation from pulse trails and group behavioral clustering

• Routing engine that fuses hazard, terrain, group dynamics, and emotional state

• Multi-mode terrain visualization including depth inversion and criticality rings

 

7. Development Milestones

MVP Scope

• Vector map rendering engine with hazard overlays

• Night mode and regulatory zone layers

• Heatmap and ETA integration with CONNECT groups

• Route suggestion engine (basic safe/fast/scenic options)

Sprint Roadmap

• Phase 1: Core renderer + terrain overlays

• Phase 2: Hazard engine + NAVORA CONNECT integration

• Phase 3: Heatmap logic + concierge POI overlays

• Phase 4: AI suggestion engine + fallback route automation

Integration Targets

• Maritime & trail safety systems

• Resort/eco-tourism navigation platforms

• Smart city or fleet visualization dashboards

• Public-private navigation coordination portals

 

NAVORA Map Engine is the visual logic of movement. It sees the terrain. It sees the danger. And it helps groups navigate the unknown — safely, visually, together.