The walking application PDF

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THE WALKING APPLICATION
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Designing a Walking Mobile App.............................................................................................2
Competitors................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................3

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THE WALKING APPLICATION
Introduction
As time proceeds, human life is being dragged into the monotonicity of extreme haste
and discomfort. The need for being fit and healthy is slowly turning into a challenge for a
major part of the society. Here comes the need for walking. This is something that does not
depend upon the fitness level of the participating individual. Horton et al (2014), states that
not just elders, but children and young adults should also be encouraged to take up this fitness
regime. In this report, an app will be proposed that will be throwing light upon the
importance of walking and will also document and notify its users about the details of their
walks and benefits.
Designing a Walking Mobile App
In this busy schedule, smartphones have become the most attached belonging of any
human being. It is this platform that should be brought into use in case of promoting the
importance of walking inside the human society (Macias 2015).
Laurier, Brown and McGregor (2016), says that the application to be designed should
consist of all the necessary details explaining the fruits and benefits of walking. The
application should have graphical and or textual representations that will attract the users to
give it a thought. Visual representations should be provided to aware the users about the
practices of walking and the use of smartphone applications. The interface should be
informative enough about the analysis results, also clearly depicting the paths walked on a
map (Kim 2015).
New users will enter their updated health status into the app and it would further
analyse the fitness routine that should be set. The application, on user’s permission, should be
able to keep track of the user’s whereabouts and hence keep recording the walking distances.
This can be done with the assistance of the smartphone’s GPS and accelerometer.