Autobotography Approach – JackL

Fog of Tour

This is an application you can install on your phone that will create a map of the world that is covered in fog. By exploring through the fog, you can remove it, uncovering the map underneath, similar to the “Fog of War” found in some video games.

The idea is providing a fun way to track where a user has traveled. Paths can be tracked by following gaps in the fog, and uncovering the map may encourage users to travel. Each user’s map can be shared at any time by simply taking a full version of the map and downloading an image of it, making it easy to show off where you’ve been.

Most phones have GPS tracking built in. Coding an app that utilizes this wouldn’t be too difficult. Besides that, it’s simply making a map of the world and covering it in a texture that disappears as a user passes through. If the user wishes to cease tracking of GPS, it’s as simple as turning off GPS or not having the app open.

Furthermore, Google Maps offers API for development on their platform. This would make it very easy to get access to Google Maps, and get the idea to my target audience. After understanding how this API works, it would probably be some pretty simple code to implement this idea.

Because I don’t think it’d take much to code this, I think I could do it myself, and in only a few hours, and I wouldn’t pay myself to make my own app so I guess this app is free!