IGC Launches New Media Hub Showcasing Global Expansion and Innovation
Company announcement introducing the IGC Loyalty and IGC Navigation Press & Media sections and historical business milestones.
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About IGC Navigation
Building beacon-free indoor navigation technology and developer APIs to make positioning, multi-floor wayfinding and location-aware experiences more accessible.
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Simon Church · Founder, IGC Navigation and IGC Loyalty
Founder and team
Meet Simon Church
Simon Church is an Australian entrepreneur and technology executive with international experience spanning aviation, logistics, e-commerce, retail technology and software platforms.
His career includes senior commercial and operational leadership, international launches and three business exits. Through IGC Loyalty and IGC Navigation, he is focused on turning complex location technology into practical solutions for businesses and software developers.
IGC Navigation brings together engineering and commercial expertise to develop positioning, navigation and developer infrastructure. Our work prioritises practical integrations and real-world testing over unverified performance promises.
Our journey
From IGC Loyalty to independent navigation APIs
IGC Navigation grew out of a practical challenge in IGC Loyalty: creating engaging real-world treasure hunts, augmented reality experiences and location-based rewards requires more than a pin on a map.
Indoor GPS limitations, multi-level buildings, uncertain heading and floor changes led to work on IGC Fusion, a navigation engine designed to combine available positioning signals.
We made the strategic decision to decouple the navigation platform from IGC Loyalty. That lets developers explore indoor and outdoor navigation capabilities through a standalone API platform, without having to build every underlying positioning component themselves.
01 · Real-world origins
Location-based loyalty experiences created a need for more capable indoor positioning and guidance.
02 · A separate platform
IGC Navigation evolves independently from the loyalty application with an API-first architecture.
03 · Built for developers
Teams can integrate navigation tools into retail, venue and location-aware software experiences.
Experience and milestones
IGC and Simon Church accomplishments
The wider IGC journey combines technology development, international commercial experience and recognition earned by IGC projects. These historical milestones relate to IGC and its earlier products, and are not presented as awards to the IGC Navigation API itself.
Retail technology recognition
The earlier iHunt4 initiative was featured in 2022 retail technology recognition associated with the NRF event.
RippleX grant
IGC received a US$50,000 XRPL Grants award to support innovation in location-based technology.
NVIDIA Inception
IGC has participated in NVIDIA Inception, a programme supporting technology innovators.
Founder and international experience
Simon brings experience from three business exits and senior leadership across aviation, e-commerce and logistics, with international business activity in Australia, Europe and Asia.
Explore the original announcements and historical coverage in our Press section.
Social and developer communities
Connect with IGC
Follow the IGC journey across social channels, engineering publications and developer discussions. Developer content focuses on the challenges and lessons of building indoor navigation without beacons.
Announcements and external coverage
Media Releases
Selected IGC news and announcements. Swipe or scroll horizontally to explore.
IGC Nav Hires Advanced Robotics Engineer to Improve Indoor Navigation
IGC Navigation's announcement about specialist robotics engineering support for ongoing navigation development.
Read announcementIGC Navigation Expands Developer-Focused Technology Ecosystem
An announcement introducing IGC Navigation’s developer API direction and ongoing beacon-free navigation development.
Read announcementIGC Loyalty Turns Poland Trade Mission Into European Growth
Published announcement on IGC Loyalty’s European expansion and Polish partnership activity.
Read announcementIGC Loyalty Announces Successful Poland Trade Mission
Article on IGC Loyalty’s Poland trade mission, alliances and business opportunities.
Read announcementIGC Loyalty Expands Asia Focus Through TFBO 2026 Partnership
Release about IGC Loyalty’s official media partnership with the TFBO 2026 franchise exhibition.
Read announcementRippleX Grants US$50,000 to In Game Credit Under XRPL Grants
Historical announcement covering IGC’s grant under the XRPL Grants programme.
Read announcementiHunt4 Selected Among Retail Technology Companies for 2022
Historical coverage of the iHunt4 project and its retail-technology recognition.
Read announcementBuild with IGC Navigation
Navigation infrastructure for your next application
Explore developer-focused indoor navigation APIs, multi-floor wayfinding concepts and a pricing model intended to make experimentation accessible.