Yahoo Is Building A Maps App:-
A Yahoo Lab is closing in on a maps app that would show you the
most beautiful path from point A to point B, Wired reports. Two Yahoo
researchers and one University of Torino researcher used crowdsourced
data to determine which routes are the most "emotionally pleasant," they
wrote in a paper published last week.
The project, based in
Barcelona, began by showing pictures of streets in London to people,
asking them to choose which ones seemed the "most beautiful, quiet, and
happy." The researchers then compiled routes through the city only using
the more highly rated sites. What they found were paths that users
agreed were truly more enjoyable to traverse. Interestingly, adding a
little beauty to a route usually only tacked on a few minutes of travel
time.
Lets hope this plays on better......
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