Another important aspect of both travel apps and safety apps is the ability to have easy access to public transport and other information updates. The table below illustrates and explains the different services offered by existing travel apps on the market.
| App Name | Explanation | Platform |
| Safety Map Worldwide | Flagged by locals as a high-crime area of drugs, prostitution etc | Apple |
| World Wide Safety | This programme included: health and safety programme development and implementation, safety leadership training, job-site safety inspections; regulatory compliance, emergency management, fall protection, construction safety, respiratory protection, forklift training, Hazardous Materials and Waste clean-up operations, health and safety management OSHA required training, and design and implementation of loss prevention initiatives |
Android |
| Travel Safe | User make emergency calls and texts anywhere in the world | Apple Android |
| iPatrol Travel Advice | Put in user’s current destination this app will warn you about nearby reported scams and pickpocket schemes. | Apple |
| Safer Travel | Safety tips and potential risks for the destination as well as giving the security of emergency numbers and locations in case they were ever needed |
Apple |
| Smart Traveler App | Offered by US government. travel warnings and alerts for countries around the world | Apple Android |
| SafetiPin | Gps Tracking,Emergency, directions to safe locations, pins showing safe and unsafe area with score. | Apple Android |
| XXX Travel guide with me(Maps.me) | Offered through different countries. Guides,warnings how to stay safe and healthy, road rules etc.. | Apple Android |
| looked for the app for the world not for one countrys’ safety information and not in English. | ||
In light of the market research presented above, The group have decided that our app “TravelSafe” will offer combination of travel and emergency information services. These include maps that identify the safest route (please see post of Safest Route Generator), live travel updates information from locational RSS feeds for national bus and rail services, the option to add your emergency contact information, downloadable resource packs (please see Safety pack post), tips and advice for travelling based on GPS location, easily translatable maps and services (provided freely and easily by Google translate), and finally contact information for local taxi services based on GPS location.
The combination of the travel information features can be used both offline and online making it by far the most accessible and safest app in the current market based on research. The use of these services make it a social network between the user, and the companies updating information.
Written by Taekyun.
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