Destify - Group Travelling
Destify – A real-time group travel coordination app that keeps everyone connected, on route, and safe—no one gets left behind.
Created on 6th April 2025
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Destify - Group Travelling
Destify – A real-time group travel coordination app that keeps everyone connected, on route, and safe—no one gets left behind.
The problem Destify - Group Travelling solves
Group travel coordination is hard — individuals get lost, separated, or delayed, particularly in places with weak network or on long-distance travel. Conventional navigation apps are meant for solo use and do not provide group-based tracking or notifications.
Destify makes group travel smarter and safer by enabling users to:
- Share real-time location with all members of the group.
- Navigate as a group towards a shared destination.
- Send immediate messages such as "Need Help" or "Taking a Break".
- Automatically detect when someone gets behind or strays off-course.
It's best for:
- Groups of riders
- Friends' road trips
- University/trekking expeditions
- Small logistics teams
Challenges we ran into
One of the biggest challenges was having real-time communication with WebSockets to get all users in sync for a live trip. Smooth, low-latency updates without battery drain and server overload were difficult to achieve.
Another challenge was applying the threshold distance logic — the system needed to keep checking whether a user was lagging behind a set distance from the group, and then send an automatic alert. Making it work without slowing down the performance or creating false alarms took multiple iterations.
We solved these by:
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Optimizing our WebSocket implementation to process real-time data more effectively
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Designing our backend to emit events only to applicable session users
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Employing geospatial computations (Haversine formula) to precisely calculate distances and send alerts only when necessary
Tracks Applied (2)
Open Innovation
GitHub Innovators
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