Published Date : Jul 12, 2018 / Edited Date : Nov 08, 2019
[Outstanding IT Services for Seoul Tourism 2018]
AlleysMap
A simulated walking tour guide:
Streets that come alive through a video-mapping platform
Even for people who hate walking, exploring a foreign destination on foot can be a joy as worldly troubles disappear amidst the unfamiliar scenery and fresh air. But sometimes, destinations that seemed so promising in blog pictures prove to be a big disappointment. For anyone who’s had such an experience, AlleysMap is here to help.
AlleysMap is a video mapping platform with data from more than 13,500 hiking and walking trails in 24 countries, including Korea. Travel routes logged so far amount to over 6,500 kilometers in distance, which is a remarkable achievement considering that the application launched only two years ago. The app not only displays travel routes on maps, but also provides videos taken of actual streets, GPS information, and other course information. AlleysMap can be a useful and fun guide for people making travel plans, and it’s even a great way to enjoy destinations vicariously through the app for those who can’t travel right away.
What Makes AlleysMap Special
Streets from a pedestrian’s point of view
The street view services on portal sites usually provide images taken from a moving vehicle. AlleysMap provides videos recorded entirely from a pedestrian’s point of view, offering a more lifelike depiction and more accurate information of the place. Videos on AlleysMap are smartphone or action-cam recordings filmed by pedestrians or cyclists who have personally walked and biked the courses.
Self-developing mapping platform
AlleysMap is a user participation service that invites anyone to upload direct footage from the streets. Registered users are able to safely store and retrieve their travel records through the platform, and regular users can access all the latest information. AlleysMap also produces their own video content, but the company focuses mostly on collecting and connecting user content to construct a program structure that allows access to images and geographical information based on location and route. This way, the information on the video mapping platform continuously updates, expands, and develops.
Accurate and intriguing video content
While AlleysMap holds a large amount of street data from around the globe, information on Seoul, Korea, takes up a large percentage. As a Seoul-born platform, AlleysMap presents information on the nooks and crannies of the city, from busy main streets to cute, small alleys, and users can take a realistic walking tour just by pressing play. Recently, AlleysMap produced simulated walking tours for five areas including Seoullo 7017 (a new elevated sky park completed in 2017), Ikseon-dong, Yeonnam-dong, and Seochon Village areas. AlleysMap’s interesting and accurate video guides and content prove that even small and ordinary alleyways can become attractive tourist spots.
More Fun Features of AlleysMap
Exploring a dream destination
AlleysMap brings hope to users who can’t take a trip of their own due to practical constraints. Through virtual tours, users can freely explore their dream destinations. Meanwhile, for users with travel plans, the app helps them plan for their upcoming trip by checking out the locations beforehand through their smartphone. Imagining trips to various places around the world while watching the street views is another fun way to enjoy AlleysMap.
* This article has been written based on information provided in May 2018
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Reservations must be made at least three days prior to the tour date.
Additional reservations, one or two days before the tour starts, are only allowed for the tour that is already fixed.
In the case of group tour, more than 10people, please contact us by e-mail.
Reservations for the following month are available from the 15th of the current month.
Please refrain from participating in any tour programs should you be experiencing any symptoms, including fever, coughing, congestion, muscle pain, stuffy nose, and/or sore throat.
Reservations for tourists 14 years & under without an accompanying adult or guardian shall be canceled on site.
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The course is for tourists with mobility problems (Senior, people with disability, stroller user).
You may not use the course without an assistant (or companion) ※ At least one assistant shall accompany a tourist with mobility problem ※ In case of electric assisting device users (electric wheelchair, electric scooter users), one assistant may accompany up to 4 tourists with mobility problem
Reservation may be canceled when a guide is unavailable on the desired date and course.
Seoul Guided Walking Tour Office (02-6925-0777) will contact you to confirm reservation. (At least 5 days~1 month before tour day) Reservation may be canceled when Seoul Guided Walking Tour Office cannot reach you for more than 3 times.
Seoul Guided Walking Tour Office and Seoul culture and tourism guide are not liable for the safety accidents during the Seoul Guided Walking Tour.
All reservations will be canceled in the event of a weather warning being issued. (e.g. heatwave, typhoon, heavy rain, fine dust, etc.) (Cancellation will be processed immediately upon implementation)
※ Please always check the weather warning on the day of the reservation on the site below.
(https://www.accuweather.com/en/kr/seoul/226081/weather-forecast/226081)