
The original Map Tour example from MIT App Inventor was a virtual tour of Paris’s main attractions. Rather than do a tour about tourist attractions, I created a map tour for three museums in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California is known for Hollywood and its great weather. However, as LA native I take pride in the diversity of the city. The map tour highlights three ethnic museums: Japanese American National Museum, African American California Museum, and Southwest Museum of the American Indian.
The most significant component I learned about this week is the web viewer. When the user selects the museum they would like to visit, the wikipedia page of the museum is displayed on the lower half of the screen. The immediate access to a web page is a very useful component when creating an app that is created for informational purposes. I can definitely see myself using the web viewer in the future for another project.