<s>
Field	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
was	O
a	O
location	B-Application
based	I-Application
mobile	O
app	O
developed	O
by	O
Niantic	O
Labs	O
for	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Glass	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Field	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
acted	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
virtual	O
tour	O
guide	O
"	O
–	O
using	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
location	O
to	O
recommend	O
nearby	O
landmarks	O
and	O
various	O
points	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
providing	O
information	O
about	O
them	O
ranging	O
from	O
historical	O
tidbits	O
to	O
restaurant	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
used	O
GPS	O
and	O
cellular	O
signals	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
location	O
,	O
although	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
triangulation	B-Algorithm
from	O
radio	O
towers	O
and	O
Wi-Fi	O
emitters	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
conserve	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
obtain	O
information	O
regarding	O
the	O
landmarks	O
and	O
points	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
developers	O
relied	O
on	O
external	O
partners	O
like	O
Atlas	O
Obscura	O
,	O
Thrillist	O
,	O
Scoutmob	O
and	O
Dezeen	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
internal	O
Google	B-Application
structures	O
such	O
as	O
Zagat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
August	O
2013	O
interview	O
with	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
Hanke	O
mentioned	O
that	O
the	O
application	O
gathered	O
information	O
from	O
130	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
his	O
company	O
Keyhole	O
,	O
John	O
Hanke	O
created	O
Niantic	O
Labs	O
within	O
Google	B-Application
as	O
something	O
resembling	O
a	O
startup	O
within	O
the	O
latter	O
's	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
developed	O
with	O
hardware	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Field	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
would	O
become	O
the	O
first	O
application	O
released	O
by	O
Niantic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
Field	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
's	O
functionality	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
Google	B-Application
Now	I-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
standalone	O
application	O
remained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Points	O
of	O
interest	O
collected	O
within	O
the	O
app	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
later	O
applications	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Ingress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Niantic	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2019	O
that	O
Field	B-Application
Trip	I-Application
would	O
be	O
shutting	O
down	O
later	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
in	O
December	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Glass	I-Application
,	O
being	O
a	O
simpler	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
smartphone	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
Wear	I-Application
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
