Off-Road

Inspiration

what if you are stuck in middle of nowhere with not a stable internet connection and no local stores nearby, sounds not safe right? Well, it is a possible situation. With majority of US having not so stable internet connection and the blind trust we have in google maps. There is a very high possibility that we can get stuck in a helpless situation where all we can do is turn mobile data on and off to get the internet connection.

What it does

According to UNICEF-ITU Report published in 2021, ‘Two thirds of the world’s school-age children have no internet access at home’.

Whether a user is checking into a social networking platform, looking for a pharmacy in the middle of the night, or located somewhere unknown and wants to access the internet, the key is always the same: location.

But for this hackathon, we are majorly focussing on the geolocation issue because of lack of internet connection.

How we built it

Tech stack is Flutter + Twilio

Challenges we ran into

Setting up Mapbox SDK and integrating twilio with Flutter

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Connecting SDK with Twilio

What we learned

Flutter + Twillio integration

What's next for Off-Road

It is possible to integrate a chatbot that will help the user find their required answer for their question within a few seconds. This will be highly helpful to students in remote areas with no internet connection.
Almost every visually impaired people have at least one story of getting lost. The estimated number of visually impaired people increased by 42.8% from 34.4 million in 1990 to 49.1 million in 2020. The voice assistant provided in Off-Road will be useful for visually impaired people
Integrate with maps to receive current traffic information.
Customizing through 3-D environment mapping technology called Lidar (light detection and ranging) — which can detect distances to surrounding objects — to scan indoor buildings and spaces. With these scans, can create maps that it uploads onto a cloud service.