The app Footprints is an innovative market research app that records the location at regular intervals and detects when someone is near a beacon. To make the app work properly, the location permission must be granted by the user and Bluetooth has to be turned on.The app also occasionally sends invitations to short location-based.

With the obtained data, extensive analyzes e.g. in the fields of tourism and mobility research as well as the purchasing behavior of the population can be made.