Layar Trade Vision app for iPhone and iPad

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This is a great app for my business, my customers are able to use the
"take me there" tab, its like a business card attached to every job I
have done, - PRM Carpentry Building & Maintenance, Essex


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Need to find a reputable local tradesman? You can now reveal their past work & contact details all around you with Layar Trade Vision.

Locate Builders, Double Glazing Specialist, Bathroom Plumbers, Roofers, Plasterers, view their work before contacting them for quotes.

With the lack of movement in the property industry more and more owners are opting for home improvements over moving house. However second only to selling a property, comes the hassle of trying to find a reputable tradesman to undertake the project and at a decent price.

Looking for a builder or plumber is a daunting process, especially if you dont have any local recommendations from friends or relatives. These days the next best way to find one has been to use web based referrals sites that can provide you multiple quotes from tradesman on their books. While only some have a good selection of local tradesman covering your area theres still the major issue of actually how good they are and what is the quality of their work.

Layar Trade Vision alleviates these problems by providing a user’s with unique way to seek out the best local and busy tradesman which is often a sure sign of reputability.

This location-based app uses augmented reality technology to overlay digital information over a live camera view, in this case floating icons representing electricians, builders, plumbers, roofers. Its part of the growing wave of augmented reality apps using a mobile phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to identify the user’s location field of view, retrieve data based on those geographical coordinates to present data in a much more intuitive and mobile fashion.


After downloading the free app users launch AR mode to be presented with icons representing the different types of work recently undertaken by local tradesman all around them or directory listing details. If you are looking for a builder for a new driveway then just filter your search from a list of trades and the camera view will automatically update to show where and how many tradesman have completed jobs in your area. Decide you want to progress and obtain a quote? Then just tap the screen to access the providers email, web and phone numbers and arrange instantly.

The service is growing daily with 1000s of trade directory listings already covering the U.K. and expanding with new members uploading their digital portfolio. Layar Trade Vision is working to enhance the service even further by incorporating any organisations the tradesman belong to such as the National Federation of Builders or the Chartered Institute of Building so that users can instantly gain greater confidence in the tradesman being listed.

Tradesmen can join Layar Trade Vision by visiting http://www.layartradevision.com for registration details. The straightforward service allows time poor tradesman to simply upload their contact details and portfolio of references to be included. All subsequent contacts for quotes are routed instantly leaving tradesman to concentrate on their work rather than online quote systems.


LayarTradeVision - an iPhone app service owned and operated by AYR Communications.