location app to help kids find their way home(Source:
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Nigerian 12-year-old creates
Location App to help lost children
January 18, 2017 • People, Top Stories, West Africa
It has not been the most positive of times in Nigeria
considering the current economic climate but every now
and then a story will pop up and lift the spirits of the
country. Tomisin Ogunnubi from Lagos has provided
such a story for her nation in Answers Africa.
The 12-year-old girl from Lagos has developed an app
to solve a problem which she had noticed in her
community. Tomisin finished up the development of her
Android mobile tracking app, My Location, just a few
weeks ago.
The motivation behind the app was to help lost children
find their way back home.
How it was developed:
Tomision developed her app under the guidence of an
Information and Communications Technology
partnership, between her school, Vivian Fowler
Memorial College for Girls, and New Horizons Computer
Learning Center. Here, Tomision was able to learn the
necessary skills and knowledge needed to develop her
app.
How it works:
The “current location”setting on the app enables the
child to see exactly where they are, as well as
highlighting the neighboring streets around them. The
other main functionality of the app will allow the child to
save a location such as their house or school and it will
direct them to their desired location.
The My Locator App also features a button, which when
pressed will alert the Lagos State Emergency Services.
The app will call the services as well as show the child’s
location so that they can be helped.
The app is available for free download in Lagos, Nigeria
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