Directions that talk you to the gate.
Walk, run or ride. Docent shows the way and says each turn out loud.
A pin gets you to the estate. Not to the gate.
The last few hundred metres are where people get lost. So the way travels by voice note, by phone call and by asking around.
“Ukifika stage, uliza tu.”
When you reach the stage, just ask.
“Pass Naivas, then the blue gate.”
“Nitakupigia ukifika.”
I will call you when you arrive.
It talks you through the last 500 metres
Every step is a plate you can read at a glance, with the landmark you will actually see. Keep the phone in your pocket and listen.
150 m
Turn right.
- 130 mTurn left at Rosand Junior Academy, Primary.
- 100 mTurn left.
From Sodom stage, Kangemi to Wanjiru's place, green gate on Hinga Drive
Made for walking and running
Docent follows your location, moves to the next step as you pass each turn and says it out loud. The distance to the turn and the time left update as you go.
The last 630 m of the example
- Walking12:30 per kmabout8 min
- Easy run6:00 per kmabout4 min
Share the way before they leave home
Draw the route the way you really go, add the landmarks locals use and send one link. It plays in the browser, with no app and no account.
- Walk, boda, matatu, car or bicycle, split where people change.
- Landmarks from the map, plus your own: the blue kiosk, the green gate.
- Saved on their phone, so it replays without data.
Every leg gets its own traveller
Walk to the stage, ride the matatu, finish on foot. Each leg plays at its own pace, in its own colour.
Walk4.8 km/h
The last few metres to the gate.
Boda25 km/h
From the stage to the door.
Matatu18 km/h
Where to board and where to get off.
Car28 km/h
Turn by turn, with landmarks.
Bicycle14 km/h
Paths that cars cannot use.
Built for cheap phones and slow data
1,144characters
The whole example route, with every landmark and step, inside one link.
- No app to install
- Links open in the phone's browser.
- No account
- Nobody signs up to open or follow a route.
- Works offline
- A route you have opened replays without data.
- Light on old phones
- Older phones get a flat map, or a dot and the step list.