{"id":147706,"date":"2025-06-17T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=147706"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:14:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:14:30","slug":"programming-student-develops-app-that-maps-the-quickest-routes-around-the-ucf-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/programming-student-develops-app-that-maps-the-quickest-routes-around-the-ucf-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Programming Student Develops App That Maps the Quickest Routes Around the UCF Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

On a campus that boasts more than 1,400 acres, finding your way from one end of campus to another in the shortest amount of time is essential. Computer science<\/a> student Luke Dederich realized this as he tried to determine the fastest way to walk from his dorm to class. Would cutting through the parking lot save time or should he stick to the sidewalks?<\/p>\n

That train of thought sparked an idea for a new app called walkUCF<\/a>. Users can enter their start location and destination, and the app will map the quickest route, which could take them through buildings or across patches of grass. Dederich has tested some of the routes and says he and other students he knows personally use the app frequently to zip around campus.<\/p>\n