E-paper - new posibilties

Great chance for having unusual gadget can be use innovative flexible e-paper. Could you imagine our map not as application in phone but as real map with all its electronic features?
Yes - it may be possible.

Electronic paper is display technology which is designed to mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper. 
This new technology is already widely used. Applications of electronic visual displays include electronic pricing labels in retail shops, and digital signage, time tables at bus stations, electronic billboards, mobile phone displays, and e-readers able to display digital versions of books and e-paper magazines. 
Maybe some day dream about travel guide as a sheet of paper will come true!

On the picture below we can see a new paper "laptop" concept that works by using a microphone on the paper to sense when you're touching it. It's pretty amazing stuff, isn't it? 

Best options of tourist gadget

In this post I will describe to you some applications that would give our map...

Find shortest distance from pinpoint

You're probably thinking how it is to work... The setup of this map will include an array of pinpoints based on approximate addresses. These pinpoints are geocoded and their respective longitude and latitude values stored in a database, thus reducing the need to geocode them again. The search location can be entered by means of an address, a postcode, or by actual adding a pin on the map – I will see some interesting square and I will decide that I want to go there.

It's possible to further usage, like direct distance measurement between two points or distance between two arbitrary pinpoints and Turn-by-turn display of the travelling route.

Placemarks with Icons, Text, Images and Links

This application can help changing placemark icons to different colors, or help designing a new set of icons for your usage. The dialog box of the placemarks can be further customized by including text and images. These content can be manually inputted in an admin panel. Connecting the map to a database is also possible. A database with these location information can be created, and we can program the map to fetch the coordinates and content from it. This is useful for visualizing branches or member information for shops, banks, schools and any member-driven organizations. The map can function as a tool to show properties and nearby facilities by realtors and other agencies.

Reasons why you want to have it

Did you think what do you need tRIPorganizeR for?
Here you can find answers.

Advantages:

- save time - you don't have to prepare nothing
- control trip's length and time, you can plan your trip without worrying that you will not have enough time or strength
- control the current position - always you know where you are and where you should go next
- always you can check your friends' position, you can separate and after easy find each other
- information's order - you can add images, notes and other multimedia files for each place which you visit thanks for feature 'pinpoints'

What does trip organizer help in?

tRIPorganizeR has a lot of great features which can make your trip much more easier. You can read about it here:

1. Analyze the best sightseeing' ways - which roads are closed

2. Show position
3. Counter distance and duration
4. Show the most important places
5. Place marks - 
6. Show your friends position

TRIP organizer - what is it?

TRIP organizer is a special gadget for travelers which can work as a tool in every electronic equipment such as cell phones, iphones, netbooks etc (also without connection with internet). It is like electronic guide's map which can help you find yourself in every place you are. 
Thank for it you get GPS support and millions of places like restaurants, hotels, tourist attractions etc. It will show where you are exactly and also where you have already been, so you will not duplicate the same way few times, what happend very often when you don't know the city. Furthermore this gadget will count how many kilometres you did. And it will look like on the picture below:

                                                 

Tourist's need

It would seem that paper maps are doomed to fail. After a very good electronic maps, and even navigation, are available for very little money in smartphones and tablets. We have them also on websites. Even with a cheap cell phone we will find at least a good map. We were convinced that the paper cartography, except for specialized applications, are in agony. We were wrong.
People want to see more, in less time, without losing the unfamiliar streets of the city. At the same time do not want to use equipment that will bother them, so most of us still use traditional paper maps. They are lightweight, compact, and thus do not interfere us so much.

According to a study conducted by the regulatory agencies that oversee interstate traffic in the U.S., sales of maps dropped dramatically, but still remained at a satisfactory level. In a state of 1.6 million Goergia printed maps, which are to be sold over the next two years. About one-half less than a decade ago. But it's still reasonable amount. In Pennsylvania, printed in the same period 750,000 maps. A decade ago, they printed three million. In the states of Oklahoma and Ohio sales fell, but found no specific numbers. Washington state does not fund the printing of maps, due to problems with the budget. In other states, prints ... exactly the same map, which a decade ago.

The average vacationer that the pensioner will not mention, simple smartphone with a small screen and battery that does not withstand continuous use GPS. Paper maps are convenient, and you can rely on them more.
So tourists prefer to explore faster, without losing their way in an unfamiliar city, but also the use of maps, which are lightweight, compact and never bother us.

Idea of ​​innovation

After our experience, we can say that travelling doesn't have secrets for us. 

There was one thing, which made us uncomfortable. We visited a lot of cities, bigger and smaller, and everywhere we used maps, mostly taken from the hotels' receptions. Without them our sightseeing would be very difficult. Someone can shows us point where we are and after we plan way of our trip. But... why don't make it much more easier? What if we can have some awesome equipment (our life is full of great gadgets) which can plan everything and other useful things? 

So we came up with brilliant idea what is innovation for passionate traveler.

There are many navigation overlay on the cells with operating systems, there are navigation, but all of these have in common is that they are primarily designed to travel by car. What we mean here? Route without traffic jams, speed cameras, etc.

City tour with a cell, where we see only one part of the the projection 4.7 "-5" is not a comfortable situation jet. When you want to see another part of the city we have the map zoom in / out, again it is loading, then we return to the point of exit. Do not ever thought that you would like, but that traditional map, showing the location in which they are exactly located? or, for example, memorizing the way you have traveled around the city in order to not hit twice by accident in the same place? I do not want to add short notes to these places, or store pictures in it made? This map can also show your how long have you walk around the city, which was the distance.
Our idea is to create such a map, which would allow the smooth movement of the city :)

Enjoy travels - about our passion and computation

Everybody likes travel, and everyone can do it. No matter how far you want to go, where and with who. The fact is travel opening your eyes and changing you from the inside out. You don't need any explaination to do it. You can use it to relax, to see the world, to connect with others who share your passion or just to have beautiful adventure.

You might be traveling to visit family or friends, for work, because you’re relocating, volunteering, sight-seeing or to simply relax on a beach somewhere to get away from it all.

All these reasons are connected with our PASSION - travel !

Everything has beginning on Erasmus, which was for each of us something completely different. For one it was planned decision, for second only spontaneous idea. We didn't believe that is realy happen even when we booked our flights tickets. Maybe it was because we had in our mind just thesis defense. Our the best travel adventure have begun with a short visit in Barcelona - city which surprised us a lot, and for sure we will come back there some day. Then it was just better. We settled in charming Portugal and felt there like at home very quickly. During 6 months we have seen a lot of amazing places, we had crazy unforgettable trips to places that before we could only dream about. We were travelling with friends through cities in Spain, we spent few days on exotic Madera and enjoyed real spaghetti in Italy. We can not say where was better, becuase everywhere we found something incredible or we fell in love with beautiful views. It was so hard to say "Good bye", but in our memories and hearts Portugal will be forever =))

Erasmus has changed us completely, it was the best experience in our lives. Now we can not stop think and plan new trips, there is so many places which we would like to see in the future. Next our big dream is visit United States !

We would like to connect our passion with technology computation - and this is it what will be our blog about.