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It seems like there's a gap for a mapping application focussed around discovery. Google maps and the like expect you to know what you are looking for. I want an
by mcjiggerlog 8y ago
It seems like there's a gap for a mapping application focussed around discovery. Google maps and the like expect you to know what you are looking for. I want an application that will show me what interesting towns, villages, churches, museums, beaches etc. there are around me whilst travelling.
Does anyone know if something like this already exists?
I have some ideas for how I would implement it myself but I thought I'd check what else is already out there.
- joshumax 8y agoYou might want to check out Niantic's (the same people who made Ingress) app called Field Trip[1]. It seems to fulfill a lot of what you're asking for. 1: https://www.fieldtripper.com/m/index.html https://www.fieldtripper.com/m/index.html
- eythian 8y agoThis is different but in the same vein: https://flyovercountry.io/ https://flyovercountry.io/
- alexpatin 8y agoThere's definitely a gap here. I've attempted to use Google Maps while cruising or walking around a new city and glance at what's around me every few blocks, but I certainly crave something that's going to recommend new places for me to check when I am traveling. Considering Google has so much location history of its users, along its Places data, one would think that creating a recommendation engine for travelers would be fairly trivial for them. I would not be surprised if they are already working on this. That said, I would enjoy and potentially prefer an alternative solution to one they could provide.
- Too 8y agoGoogle earth is quite good for this purpose. Strangely this is not merged with google maps.