This service implements user login and profiles, allowing users to add each other as friends and start private conversations. There are several default chat rooms of varying topics, but users also have the ability to create their own rooms that will be visible to other users. For example, a user at the University of Maine could create a joinable chat room titled “COS420”, which would be joinable by others near this campus.
This app shares some similarities to other social networks that implement location-based content. ChatMaps’ novel approach is to utilize user location to facilitate real-time communication with others within a given radius.
