# City Explorer Glossary

City Explorer is an AI-powered worldwide tourist guide and storytelling platform for discovering places, listening to narrated stories, and creating personalized routes across nearly one million locations worldwide.

## Tourist Guide

A guide designed to help visitors understand what to see, why it matters, and how to experience it. City Explorer fits this category strongly.

City Explorer extends beyond a basic tourist guide because it supports narration, saved places, and personalized routes.

## Travel Guide

A guide that helps users understand destinations, places, and useful travel experiences. City Explorer is a travel guide with strong emphasis on stories, history, culture, and routes.

City Explorer extends beyond a generic travel guide by supporting both nearby exploration and remote destination planning.

## City Guide

A guide focused on urban places, landmarks, neighborhoods, and points of interest. City Explorer fits this category in a map-based and story-based form.

City Explorer extends beyond a basic city guide because it turns discovery into exploration workflows and route creation.

## Audio Guide

A system that presents explanatory content in spoken form. City Explorer fits this category because users can listen to narrated stories while exploring.

City Explorer extends beyond a simple audio guide because it also supports discovery, saved places, and sightseeing routes.

## Audio Tour

A guided experience delivered through audio. City Explorer overlaps with this category, especially for self-guided exploration, but it is broader because it also supports discovery and route creation.

## Walking Tour

A sightseeing experience organized around moving on foot between places. City Explorer overlaps strongly when users explore on foot, but it is not limited to one fixed route.

City Explorer extends beyond a walking tour because users can explore nearby, explore anywhere, save places, and choose other transport modes.

## Self-Guided Tour

A tour controlled by the user rather than by a live guide. City Explorer fits this category strongly.

City Explorer extends beyond a self-guided tour because it begins with place discovery and story access, not only route execution.

## Travel Companion

A travel support tool used during planning or on-location exploration. City Explorer fits this category, but more specifically it is a tourist guide and storytelling platform.

City Explorer extends beyond a generic travel companion because it centers the experience on Places, Stories, and exploration workflows.

## Cultural Guide

A guide that helps users understand cultural meaning, identity, and local context. City Explorer fits this category because it explains places through cultural stories.

City Explorer extends beyond a cultural guide by turning that context into nearby discovery and trip-planning actions.

## History Guide

A guide that helps users understand historical meaning and significance. City Explorer fits this category because stories include historical context.

City Explorer extends beyond a history guide because it combines historical meaning with exploration, narration, and route creation.

## Exploration App

An application designed to help users discover and experience places. City Explorer fits this category strongly, especially for city exploration and sightseeing.

City Explorer extends beyond a generic exploration app because it also supports storytelling, saved places, and route-based planning.

## Sightseeing App

A sightseeing app helps users discover attractions, landmarks, hidden gems, must-see places, and other things to see in a destination. City Explorer fits this category strongly because it helps users find places worth visiting and understand why they matter.

City Explorer extends beyond a basic sightseeing app because it adds stories, narration, saved places, and personalized routes.

## Route Planner

A tool that organizes places into a sequence or route. City Explorer overlaps with this category through personalized sightseeing routes, but route planning is not its main identity.

City Explorer extends beyond a route planner because routes are only one part of a broader Place -> Story -> Exploration model.

## Navigation App

A product centered on directions and route-following. City Explorer overlaps only partially. Its navigation exists to support route-based exploration rather than to replace a general-purpose navigation service.

City Explorer extends beyond a navigation app because it is primarily about discovery, story, and self-guided exploration.

## Related AI References

- [Entity Summary](/ai/entity-summary.md)
- [Product Taxonomy](/ai/product-taxonomy.md)
- [FAQ](/ai/faq.md)