A new way of living your trips
You've asked yourself countless times: "What will be what's down there ...?"; "Why are those clouds ...?": "What exactly are we flying over...?" To solve your curiosity, and that of many like you, ** Flyover Country ** is born, an app financed by the National Science Foundation of the United States that will reveal to you what are the ** landscapes ** What do you see from a bird's eye view? .
"I was lucky to be able to travel for some projects of geoscience Research, and when I flew, I always made sure to choose the window seat to be able to contemplate the wonderful view", tells us Shane Loeffler , the ideologue of the project. "What geologist , could interpret what he was seeing, because he understood the history of landscapes and formations, but people unbeknownst to me were missing that fascinating party of the trip," she recalls.
You have always asked yourself: "What will be behind the window...?"
So that this would not happen again, Shane created this app that already has more than 240,000 downloads on iOS and Android, and that works very simply: "Before you get on the plane, you'll need a couple of minutes to custom the ", she explains to us." Taking advantage of the fact that you still have good internet connection , put your flight rout and the app will download maps, articles and images; all the content necessary to be able to **work offline**".
"When you're taking off, load the route that you have saved; you will see that the map will be filled with points of interest , ranging from articles on landscape features to fossil find locations important, going through geological maps with information on the ages and types of rocks. Touching any of these items will bring up more information ".
With Flyover Country it will be impossible for you to get bored during the flight
Thanks to the gps signal emitted by our mobile, the app will know exactly where we are , and our location will be shown on the map, in a similar way to what it does in Google Maps . "There is also a section that contains guides for interpret landscape patterns and identify the clouds from the air, which can also be a lot of fun," Shane tells us.
ALSO ON LAND
Although the app was designed with the moment of to fly , we can also use it during ** car routes ** or while we do hiking . The process would be the same, only you would have to select the mode in Flyover Country "path along roadways", i.e. "route across the road" -although you can also get out of it and continue exploring for free. Of course, as you can see, the application is still only available in English , but Shane assures that they will translate it into Spanish in the future.