Track n Travel APP
So let’s assume I am new to Manhattan, and I am staying for a few days at the The Excelsior Hotel, 45 W 81st St, New York, NY 10024, USA. The places I plan to visit many times during my visit are:
1. Work place: NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square S, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA
2. Place of Interest: Madison Ave, New York, NY
So for next few days while I am in NY, I will need to traverse my path to NYU and to Madison Ave multiple times. By using a track my route app like Track n Travel, I won’t have to re-navigate anymore. Also if I am roaming around NYU or around Madison Ave, I will have a quick way to finding my way back to the tracked route. Here’s how:
1. I launch Track n Travel from The Excelsior Hotel, and use its Directions icon to enter my destination (say NYU School of Law). The shortest route will show. I can either follow this route or take any diversions I may like or may be aware of.
2. START TRACKING button will start tracking my actual route in real time.
3. On the way I see “Lincoln Center”, and I decide to drop a pin to mark this place.
4. I can mark multiple points of interest en-route.
5. Finally, I reach my destination and hit STOP TRACKING. This will save my track from start to end, with all the pins I dropped on the way. Let’s say I name my track as “NYU Track”.
6. I carry on to my business at the destination, and may drift into adjacent buildings, or anywhere around.
7. When it’s time to return, I want to find my way back from my current displaced location to any point back on the “NYU Track”. So I load back the Track n Travel app, and from My Routes, I select the “NYU Track”
8. I can see the NYU Track, with all the markers, and I can also see my current location somewhere off the track.
9. I just tap on a point (let’s say Rubin Museum of Art ) that I want to reach on the track, and the app shows me the shortest route from my current location to that point. As I use this suggestion, I can see myself moving towards my point of interest. Soon, I am back on my track, and can get back to my Hotel using it, along with the diversions I have taken. This way I do not have to depend on the route suggested by the map, but I have my own route saved for future reference.
10. The next day, I have some time and plan to go to Madison Avenue for a short time. I launch the route tracker app which happens to know the fastest route. The app tracks, and I have another route saved for future reference. Now even if I drift anywhere on Madison Avenue, I have a few landmarks marked on my travel log, so that I can find my way back to the nearest point. Even if I am lost in a mall, I can still find my way back to the main route!