World's Vibe Map - A map for real-time vibes, spaces, and health barriers
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A private map and navigation platform that does not sell your data unless you want to, crowdsourcing vibe (peace/stress/desire), place, and health barriers in real-time! Helping you Navigate Life Thoughtfully :)
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I designed Maps That Care to be a Waze-like experience, helping you understand more context about the space you currently exist in and any future destination/place/space you’d want to travel to, and feel less lonely doing so.
Maps That Care is a unique mapping and navigation experience because it catalyzes a paradigm shift by seeking awareness over destination, shared purpose over route, and the independence to navigate life thoughtfully.
Specifically, I designed thoughtful features like:
1. Real-time vibe map (where you can see places of Peace, Momentary Stress, and Desire within the last 30 minutes)
2. Public Health data can be overlaid on the map to better understand shared systemic environmental conditions
3. Para-social network to find friends, assess the quality of friendship, measure compatibility based on space and vibe, and share common places of interest
4. Architectural and Landscape Design influences on daily lifestyle and vibe
5. Goal and habit tracker to understand your goal alignment based on space and available resources in your area
6. Dynamic census preferences to crowdsource places and vibes to help you find your tribe, and customize your map, regardless of the size of your current friend circles
7. Private and or Public mapping experience, because a map should be more than just used for surveillance and consumerism.
I am excited to finally release this project to the world and ask what use cases everyone would like to see and how we can improve the map now! I dropped out of 2 PhDs to design and release this because I wanted to create something that everyone could feel connected to beyond just a highly read paper, with no gatekeeping/ barriers to entry based on hierarchy of title, degree, income, etc.
In 2025, maps should be customized to your lifestyle, and everyone should have their own digital Green Book. Maps can be more than just ankle bracelets that occasionally help you get places fast. "If the product is free, you are the product" keeps echoing every day for me, and Maps That Care is an awesome alternative and cultural shift in navigational awareness!
It’s free now to try, so give me your opinions and ideas to further improve! Always willing to learn. After enough feedback, we will add a price model to provide the best navigational privacy :)
Thank You :) Ruben
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Maps that Care is a great new map resource because it is personalized. Being in the medical field, I especially appreciate the “Health and Wellness” feature. Additionally, the ability of Maps that Care to incorporate psychosocial and environmental factors for individual users is both unique and impressive. Individuals can interact with the map and share which spaces they find appealing and why. Users can set their own goals and work toward them individually or with friends. Maps that Care is already an excellent resource, and as it grows, it will be unparalleled!
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@glenda_westmoreland Personalization of maps is one of our biggest priorities! Everyone's map should be best suited for their individual lifestyle and goals, while simultaneously sharing map space with people they care about. The passively analyzed psychosocial variables are far too often overlooked and should be contextualized with the spaces people occupy and share on a daily basis- especially if you want to find shared underlying conditions. Goals are also often overlooked, and people often assume everyone has the same environmental conditions to achieve the goals asked of them, when they don't. Now, with the map, we can see that correlational data live both quantitatively and qualitatively! 💪❤️
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So cool! As an aspiring landscape architect, I'm always interested in how people interact in spaces and what trends they follow. Intention vs. impact, form vs. function, etc.
As a regular person, too, I want to use this to explore my city and find new places, and maybe new people along the way. It seems like a gap in the market, where there is so much potential - merging a navigation system with social media. I also value the assurance that user information is secure and protected from predators.
Keep it up! Can't wait to see where it goes.
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@sarah_bilbrey I like how you see map use cases balancing between both work life and personal social life! Both can definitely be achieved with the duality of intention vs impact in both areas of your life! Awesome Reflection :) And yes! Privacy is one of the biggest themes of the app, helping you keep your location and travels only on a need-to-know basis 💪❤️
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I have a passion for showcasing the hidden gems and vibrant spots in my city that I believe people will love. That's why I'm thrilled about the launch of Maps That Care! This innovative platform empowers me to share not only locations but also the unique atmosphere of each place through qualitative data. As someone who relishes spreading good experiences and as a UX researcher, this opportunity excites me immensely. Real-time data collection is a game-changer, and I can't wait to contribute to a richer understanding of our community's pulse!
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@anna_skidmore It's awesome you're open to sharing hidden gems in your local community from your unique cultural POV on the map! Real-time data sharing is a big theme, offering your own lived experiences and community spaces synchronously or asynchronously! I'm excited to see the technology adapt to everyone's best lived lifestyle and adapt to their matured experiences over time as well! If you have any recommendations from end user or UX/UI let me know! I'm always open to adapting the platform to provide the best navigation experience possible!
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If curious, here's a comparison video of Maps That Care VS Google Maps with timestamps!
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Maps that Care is a great new map resource because it is personalized. Being in the medical field, I especially appreciate the “Health and Wellness” feature. Additionally, the ability of Maps that Care to incorporate psychosocial and environmental factors for individual users is both unique and impressive. Individuals can interact with the map and share which spaces they find appealing and why. Users can set their own goals and work toward them individually or with friends. Maps that Care is already an excellent resource, and as it grows, it will be unparalleled!
@glenda_westmoreland Personalization of maps is one of our biggest priorities! Everyone's map should be best suited for their individual lifestyle and goals, while simultaneously sharing map space with people they care about. The passively analyzed psychosocial variables are far too often overlooked and should be contextualized with the spaces people occupy and share on a daily basis- especially if you want to find shared underlying conditions. Goals are also often overlooked, and people often assume everyone has the same environmental conditions to achieve the goals asked of them, when they don't. Now, with the map, we can see that correlational data live both quantitatively and qualitatively! 💪❤️
So cool! As an aspiring landscape architect, I'm always interested in how people interact in spaces and what trends they follow. Intention vs. impact, form vs. function, etc.
As a regular person, too, I want to use this to explore my city and find new places, and maybe new people along the way. It seems like a gap in the market, where there is so much potential - merging a navigation system with social media. I also value the assurance that user information is secure and protected from predators.
Keep it up! Can't wait to see where it goes.
@sarah_bilbrey I like how you see map use cases balancing between both work life and personal social life! Both can definitely be achieved with the duality of intention vs impact in both areas of your life! Awesome Reflection :) And yes! Privacy is one of the biggest themes of the app, helping you keep your location and travels only on a need-to-know basis 💪❤️
I have a passion for showcasing the hidden gems and vibrant spots in my city that I believe people will love. That's why I'm thrilled about the launch of Maps That Care! This innovative platform empowers me to share not only locations but also the unique atmosphere of each place through qualitative data. As someone who relishes spreading good experiences and as a UX researcher, this opportunity excites me immensely. Real-time data collection is a game-changer, and I can't wait to contribute to a richer understanding of our community's pulse!
@anna_skidmore It's awesome you're open to sharing hidden gems in your local community from your unique cultural POV on the map! Real-time data sharing is a big theme, offering your own lived experiences and community spaces synchronously or asynchronously! I'm excited to see the technology adapt to everyone's best lived lifestyle and adapt to their matured experiences over time as well! If you have any recommendations from end user or UX/UI let me know! I'm always open to adapting the platform to provide the best navigation experience possible!
If curious, here's a comparison video of Maps That Care VS Google Maps with timestamps!