Students at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have developed the ‘Lahori Khoji‘ smartphone app, which provides guided tours of Lahore’s Walled City.
posting information about the app on social media, LUMS professor and historian Dr Ali Usman Qasmi said that “students designed the app and researched its content as part of a course offered at LUMS.”
As part of World Heritage Day celebrations, we are launching an App providing guided tours of Lahore's walled city:https://t.co/vVsG3Fb1fj
Our brilliant students designed the App and researched its content as part of a course offered at @LifeAtLUMS#walkinginlahore #LahoriKhoji pic.twitter.com/gWBvQQQUcp— Ali Usman Qasmi (@AU_Qasmi) April 19, 2021
The software, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store, was released to coincide with World Heritage Day (April 18).
According to Dr. Qasmi, students conducted extensive analysis before designing and developing the smartphone application.
“The students not only read the classical texts but also made several trips to the Walled City,” explained Professor Qasmi.
To develop a walking trail for the gate assigned to them, the students read classical texts on Lahore's history, made several trips to the walled city, identified key sites, pinned them on google maps, and wrote historical notes about them. #walkinginlahore #LahoriKhoji
— Ali Usman Qasmi (@AU_Qasmi) April 19, 2021
Faizan Abbas Naqvi, a historian based in Lahore, also assisted the students in developing the app.
My friend and Lahore-based historian, Faizan Abbas Naqvi, aka Lahore ka Khoji, worked closely with the students to supervise their research and curate their walking trails.#walkinginlahore #LahoriKhoji
— Ali Usman Qasmi (@AU_Qasmi) April 19, 2021
Since the “app is a product of research carried out by undergraduate students who are not professional historians” the community of students is receptive to feedback about how to develop it.
Please note that the App is a product of research carried out by undergraduate students who are not professional historians. In case there is any factual or technical error or misinformation in the text, please let us know so that we can fix it.#walkinginlahore #LahoriKhoji
— Ali Usman Qasmi (@AU_Qasmi) April 19, 2021
