MapMate – Your AI Travel Guide

The Project

What is this project about? MapMate is an AI-powered chatbot built in Scratch that helps users find directions to any destination they enter. It uses animated arrows on a map, speaks the directions using text-to-speech, and even suggests alternative routes or nearby places like restaurants, ATMs, or parks. It’s like having a smart travel buddy right inside Scratch! What inspired it? We were inspired by how people sometimes struggle with directions, especially in new areas. Many don’t know how to use apps like Google Maps, or they might not have internet access. We wanted to create a simple, visual, and voice-assisted guide that makes navigation easy and fun—even for beginners or younger users. What was difficult? The hardest part was simulating real-world directions and movement using Scratch tools. Creating smooth animations for arrows on the map and designing a helpful, interactive chatbot required a lot of logic blocks and testing. Making everything work together—chat, visuals, and voice—was a big challenge, but also the most fun!

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