MapChat (2023)
After the COVID-19 pandemic, people communicate online without facing each other. Because people are so accustomed to the virtual method, individuals have difficulties talking to strangers and creating new relationships in person.
MapChat is an application that helps online connections to become more significant relationships before meeting in person. MapChat provides services based on user location.
When users go on a trip to a new tourist destination or enter a new university, they can ask questions and get answers instantly from locals in a radius of 1km.
Existing services such as Google or the school homepage only allow asking an unspecified number of questions. Also, these services consisted of members who already belong to the community and often use slang they only know. This environment could be challenging for newcomers to ask questions.
MapChat allows one to communicate with people in the same place for the same purpose.