BU111 Chapter Notes -Weather-Related Cancellation, Business Insider, Guesstimate
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On a snow day in february of 2013 ariadne beckman stood up and danced a happy dance around her room. She had succeeded in creating a software application that not only generated directions to a desired location, but also identified traffic conditions and suggested alternate, faster routes. She would never be late arriving at her destination again! She admired the program on her laptop, then picked up her mobile phone and called you (her business savvy friend) to share her news and get your advice. Ariadne was a student at wilfrid laurier university who worked part-time tutoring students in kitchener, cambridge, and even out in toronto where her family lived. This motivated her to solve both problems by developing the, get there software application. The software worked with satellite systems and maps, identifying the location of the user, and providing a map to the desired destination. The user simply entered the address of the destination when prompted by the software.
