Field Trip

The company Google is so broad that it touches almost every possible field where technology is present. Something that can also be seen through its applications This is the case of Field Trip, an almost unknown tool focused on the field of tourism and place information. An application developed by the same team behind the game Ingress, which invites users to travel the city to conquer territories through said entertainment.Something that brings Google closer to the field of tourism and travel thanks to all the information available Field Trip

This is an application designed especially for traveling users who like to know the places they visit. And this tool collects information of all kinds about places, entertainment, lifestyle, bars and restaurants, and leisure of the zone in which the user is located. So it can be used as a travel guide, a historical-cultural and entertainment reference booklet or to plan a tourist route along the most interesting parts of a city.

Just log in and sign in with a Google account to start using Field Trip At that moment the application recognizes the user's location and displays it on a Google map along with a good selection of cards at the bottom of the screen. These cards collect the nearest places of interest, mixing monuments, places of entertainment, bars, museums, architecture or even offers You just have to press or slide the desired one to expand it to full screen and read all its information.

The information in this application is not owned by Google, but it has been compiled from well-known pages and services such as OpenBuildings, Zagat, TimeOut , and many other publications with information on places, architecture, history, food, leisure, tourism and a long list of contents. In addition, it has a great attraction in terms of offers, and it also collects cards with advertisements that may be of interest to the user when passing through certain places .Functions that are complemented by a driving mode capable of narrating to the user the interesting places through which they are passing, or even connecting some headphones for the application to read the information of the place you are visiting as if it were an audiobook

The main problem of Field Trip is thatIt is not optimized globally It seems to be still in development or, at least, focused for the moment on the North American public. Something that does not mean that it does not have information of interest about Spanish places, cultural cards and details of important things, but no offers apparent or too specific content. In addition, they are usually found in English, although it brings integrated with a translator for those who decide to travel abroad. Therefore, it still has a lot of work to offer itself as an added value to user trips and experiences.Although his approach is most attractive.

The Field Trip application is available for Android devices completely free. It can be downloaded via Google Play.