Visit Sofia

Visit Sofia App is the international co-operation project for Sofia City Guide between Sofia City and Developer in Taiwan. The App aims at the mobile guide requirement to provide the best practical location-based (GPS) guide service for visitors. Main features includes text and audio guide, AR location guide and VR Panorama optional for per places. Also the usage of interfaces of App are very properly designed for the mobile visitors. The English and Chinese contents are ready automatically for the region setting of your phone.

Function brief

--Text explanation and operation
--Browsing function in photo album mode
--Photo with text description
--Voice commentary
--Attraction list and reality guidance function (Location VR)
--Sorting of attraction name and distance
--Users can note key items
--Integrate Google Map display location and navigation
--Spots to show help location in addition.
--The map can switch between standard and satellite modes
--720 live viewing
--Practical digital audio guide function
--Relevant blogs, websites, and video links that can be sorted
--Overall setting of interface font size
--Font size adjustment during text browsing (corresponding to the overall font setting)
--According to the user's mobile phone language settings, give the appropriate interface language
--Add function keys for frequently used URLs

Permission description

--Background location permission: This application will access the current location, which is only used to prompt nearby locations for navigation, display the current location and the relative location of the scenic spot on the map, provide navigation, and support real-world azimuth and distance guidance. This will happen even if the app is closed or not in use. The result of access at this location will not be transmitted and used in other functions.
--Photo permission: This application will download photos and data for offline use, reducing cloud traffic, and at the same time, reading data from the mobile phone makes navigation smoother.
--Camera permission: This application provides AR positioning function to guide various scenic spots through the lens.

Recent changes:
70 (2024.10.31)
-- Support Android 14 (API 34)
-- Defaul map in sallete mode
-- Improve 720 panomora
-- Spots to show helpful location(say WC, Parking Area)
-- Configurable Default font size
-- Some bugs fixed and improvement

64 (2023.12.10)
-- Support Android 12, 13 (API 33)
-- Change the default map mode to satellite mode
-- The list sorting method is changed to by number, by mark, and by distance.

63 (2021.11.06) New Implementation.
03 (2019.03.24) minor modification