Vicinity App

Location and social based application for finding nearby places.

Vicinity App is a client side, mobile application built on the Android platform to provide personal location-based

services such as bookmarking, mapping and nearby search.

The Bookmarking feature allows the user to virtually save places of interest while on the move and thereby

obtain driving directions.

The Mapping enables the user to visualize his relative geographic location in real time and also the bookmark.

The nearby search exploits extensively the Google powerful local search API to allow finding and bookmarking

nearby places such as Restaurants, Airports, Banks, etc, and also retrieving map-based directions.

Application Features:

Clean and friendly User Interface

Support for different Android Devices (Phones, 7” Tablet, 10” Tablet)

Tap Search with icons for searching nearby places

Text Search for search hundreds of specific places in your vicinity

Voice search support for quick access and navigation of nearby places

Bookmarking feature which allows users to virtually save places of interest while on the move and thereby

obtain a driving direction.

Mapping feature which enables users to visualize his relative geographic location in real time and also the

bookmark.

Facebook integration to allow users stay connect with others via social network which will also help in

improvement of the application.

Sharing feature which allows users to share app with friends via different social networks (facebook,

twitter, SMS, Email, Whatsapp, Chat ON etc.)

Ability to set distances in kilometers or miles and also get nearby places to you in range of 50km or

31miles

Support to allow users sort places by either distance or by user ratings. This is an helpful feature especially

when searching for Hotels or Restaurants.