UW Mapping App Turns Art Into a Sharable Walking Route

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 14:20 in Mathematics & Economics

The Trace app developed at the University of Washington turns a digital sketch that you draw on your smartphone screen -- heart, maple leaf, raindrop -- into a walking route that you can send to a friend. The recipient of the "gift" receives step-by-step walking directions that eventually reveal the hidden shape on a map.

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