WalkExplorer
WalkExplorer is an iPhone application that helps users to find walks and walk-based games in the environment around them.
It was devised and produced by Kenjun and built by Abraxor.
The app was submitted to Apple in July and the review process went without a hitch. It was approved by Apple and went live in the App Store in just seven days.
There are a whole host of technologies built in. We won’t bore you with them all but here are the high points:
WalkExplorer detects the user location and finds walks, walk-based games and points of interest in the vicinity of the device by querying a walk publishing system called WalkBuilder which stores geotagged walks. An purchasing system, built into WalkExplorer, using Apple’s In App Purchases allows people to buy and download walks.
Social interfaces with Facebook and Twitter are built in so that people can easily post pictures and text about a walk they have done.
WalkExplorer has a local walk database powered by Core Data that stores all the content provided by a walk for users to view offline.
Cacheable maps are built right into the app using Apple’s MapKit. These can be viewed online and are then available for use offline at a later date should the user have data roaming switched off.
A route technology system built into both WalkExplorer and WalkBuilder lets users see a dynamic walking route overlay on maps (if the tour guide has provided that information with the walk).
UPDATE: WalkExplorer now has a website at www.walkexplorer.com
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