What it is:

• An AR (Augmented Reality) app that lets you see a tabletop map of your chosen hiking location in 3D
• A unique way to explore trails you have been on or want to understand before trying

What I did:

• Overlayed the standard Mapbox satellite map with relevant features in Mapbox Studio
• Used the TabletopAR scene in the Maps for Unity SDK
• Built custom prefabs to show features like mountains in large floating text
• Built the application to Android for use with ARCore

What I learned:

• Mapbox
• Mapbox Studio
• Vector tiles
• Unity 3D
• Maps for Unity SDK
• Custom prefabs
• Android development
• Git LFS

Why it interests me:

• Topographic maps don’t always give an impressionable sense of scale when viewed in 2D
• Having a tactile and interactive view of terrain data allows for novel interactions with it
• Augmented Reality is a useful medium for exploring data, especially spatial