Hackathon project

Social web/mobile application for creating, sharing, tracing and walking through the routes. The application for laptop, tablet or mobile phone allows users to create tourist routes all over the world from the places registered at FourSuare (see below for the website URL). Media content, map and descriptions may be added for each place. Other users may find created routes in the Shop inside the app and walk through them. While walking through, the user checks in with FourSquare, gets relevant content about the place. This app may help you choose the best route and keep a record of your travels. When complete, or at any time, you can see a map of all the spots you visited and share your route. The app has three major functionalities:  Create a route  Choose and walk through a route  Trace a route If user wants to create a route, she adds image of the route, route description and price (or sets it to be free). Later she checks-in at each place to be added to the route and may add a description and a picture for each place. At the end route creator clicks “Done” and the route becomes published in the Routes’ shop. The pictures can be uploaded from desktop, social networks or may be shot with the device’s camera at the moment of creating a route. If user wants to choose a route and walk through it, she picks one in Routes shop. Then they may start it by clicking “Start!”. The map of first point to check-in will be shown. When users finds a place, he or she clicks “Check-in” and the description of the place appears. The next place to check-in appears on the map. When user walks through all the route, he or she is offered to rate the route, pay tips or share it through social networks. Some ideas of how this app may be implemented: 1. To create an excursion with an audio guide for the tourists. 2. To create an activity. For example, orienteering when different users run over the location to find some places, check-in there and get a hint about next place to check-in. 3. To create a surprise: birthday surprise party, wedding proposal etc. 4. To share your impressions while traveling with your friends and beloved once. User may check-in at the places he or she enjoyed, add pictures, descriptions and audio files. Later his friends may see the same what user was seeing abroad. 5. To find directions to some location. Some small businesses that are hard to reach may not only include a map on their website, but also a link to their route at this app. Users may choose this route not to get lost. 6. To use this as Taxi Meter - Set a rate per mile and per minute. Use the GPS and clock of the phone to track from when user says "begin ride" to "end ride”. Payment based on ride time. 7. To trace your route at Amusement Park - For amusement parks that offer cost per ride, rather than one ticket gets you into the amusement park. Tracks which rides you paid at so that at the end of the day you can see a map of all the rides you took. 8. Advanced Features: a. Google Earth Vehicle Animation (Driving and Walking Simulators) for your route or trip b. Text-to-speech interface to your travel route and recommendation Useful Sites:  Foursquare website [login to view URL]  Foursquare API [login to view URL]  Google Earth Vehicle Simulators [login to view URL]  Text-to-speech [login to view URL]  Google Developer Site [login to view URL]  Amazon Web Service API [login to view URL]  Yahoo Developer Site [login to view URL]  Twitter Developer Site [login to view URL]  Facebook Developer Site [login to view URL]