A guide to exploring the Texas outdoors.
Lauren loves nature and hiking, but finds it difficult to stay oriented on a trail. And she hates getting lost, who doesn’t? Not really knowing how to find/follow trails and worrying about getting lost was a barrier for her to spending more time hiking, especially alone. She had previously worked on a project that built location-registered "hand-drawn" festival maps and realized it would apply to hiking and park maps too. There are so many beautiful and detailed maps produced by the parks services and she saw an opportunity to combine these with the location-registration algorithm to create an intuitive, high quality user experience. (Plus, she wanted to learn how to build apps!)
Katrina saw a post by Lauren in one of her hiking FB groups, outlining the app’s unique approach and user experience, and immediately wanted to help build it! Camping and hiking were a part of Katrina’s upbringing in the Pacific Northwest and she has enjoyed exploring Texas State Parks since 2015. Katrina loves building projects that use technology to help people get out in the real world and experience new things. Reducing the barrier of entry for people to explore nature makes her feel fulfilled!
