Summary
Solo travelers, regardless of their backgrounds, share a common concern: personal safety. Exploring the world should be an exciting adventure, but often, scattered, vague, and unreliable travel safety information hinders their peace of mind.
We designed prototypes of a safety score and review system within Google Maps. This innovative concept enhances trip planning by providing relevant safety information, ensuring smoother and more secure journeys for solo travelers.
Solo travelers, regardless of their backgrounds, share a common concern: personal safety. Exploring the world should be an exciting adventure, but often, scattered, vague, and unreliable travel safety information hinders their peace of mind.
We designed prototypes of a safety score and review system within Google Maps. This innovative concept enhances trip planning by providing relevant safety information, ensuring smoother and more secure journeys for solo travelers.
Solutions
Neighborhood Safety Index
A set of safety indices based on public data that provides objective assessments of a neighborhood.
What People Are Saying
Community-driven review system of neighborhoods, providing a quick overview of general safety sentiments.
Review Identity Tag
Identity tag options for review authors to provide a more nuanced and relatable safety information.
Color-coded Layer
Map layer in shades of green providing quick reference to safety levels when searching for hotels, restaurants and attractions.
Neighborhood Safety Index
A set of safety indices based on public data that provides objective assessments of a neighborhood.
What People Are Saying
Community-driven review system of neighborhoods, providing a quick overview of general safety sentiments.
Review Identity Tag
Identity tag options for review authors to provide a more nuanced and relatable safety information.
Color-coded Layer
Map layer in shades of green providing quick reference to safety levels when searching for hotels, restaurants and attractions.