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COMS 6998 project presentation -Ajay Siva Santosh()
-Dimitris Paidarakis() -Prateek Sinha(ps2791)
-Zissis Konstas()
} Introduction } Application flow } API’s used } Features } Application Optimization } Future Scope } Demo
} Users get a real time view of places around them or any other place of their interest.
} Check out the latest pictures around you or query for places you like.
} Check out which place is trending around you.
} Google Places API
} Google Geocoding API
} Instagram API
} The Twitter REST API (was later decided not to be used in the application)
} Facebook authentication SDK
} Parse Database
} Reachability
} Search what is happening around you!
} Look which place is trending around you.
} Check out what is going on, on your favorite place.
} Check out various images around you.
} We do not ping the API’s continuously, to get the latest data.
} Doing so would result in memory, battery and network drainage.
} Thus we leave it to our users to refresh the application to get the latest data.
} Asynchronous image loading.
} Asynchronous API calls
} Used Apple maps instead of Google maps to achieve greater efficiency.
} Discovering the best place to go now based on real time crowd sourced data.
} Develop a community of like minded users who are interested in rating a place.
} Users of the app who are currently in a venue can rate it on different interesting characteristics.
} On demand real time venue characteristics , provided by the users present there.
} Now we will begin the demo of our application.