Turn a Heart, Star, or Apple into the Shape of Your Next City Stroll
10 June, 2015
Laura Yan
In Brief
Make your own scavenger hunt and turn the city into your playground with this Trace walking app
The Trace app will let you turn a sketch on your smartphone into a physical walking route around a city. You can share your route with a friend, and the recipient gets step-by-step directions. Eventually, the app will reveal the shape on a map.
The walk creator can add signposts along the way—images, audio recordings, messages—which will pop-up at specific places in-route. Walkers can begin their walk anywhere in the city, and pick the duration of their walk. The app adjusts the size of the shape accordingly.