In class on Wednesday, we talked about the various ways we let ourselves go off-course when we walk to or from City Tech from the various modes of transportation that get us nearby. We also talked about thinking of how technology can alter the experience.

To generate ideas about digital tools that can be helpful to alter, improve, or shape the walking experience, look for a walking app or mapping app and consider some tools it provides that we might want in our imagined tool.

In a comment on this post, include the name of the app, a link to what you read about it, and a brief description of some element of it or tool it provides that would be beneficial to our imagined tool. How would you imagine using that tool?

For example, I found an app that uses a smartphone’s camera to help identify tree species. Leafsnap lets users take photos of leaves and uses facial recognition software to identify the tree based on leaf-shape characteristics. The nature enthusiast in me wants to take a walk in a park and figure out what trees line the path of my walk.