Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPhone. Show all posts
Friday, August 12, 2011
What's Happening on Google Maps?
Banjo is a mobile social networking application for the iPhone and Android phones that helps you connect with the people around any location.
When you open the Banjo app on your phone you can immediately see who is around you, no matter what social network you belong to. Banjo shows you Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla, TwitPic and Instagram updates from everyone who is nearby.
A really nice feature of Banjo is that you aren't restricted to just your current location. With Banjo you can view social networking updates from anywhere in the world. This means that if there is a big festival happening on the other side of the world, or a huge breaking news story occuring in another city you can open Banjo and view all the latest real-time social networking updates from that location.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
The New Yorker on Google Maps
The New Yorker has released a New York events listings phone application for both the Android and the iPhone.
The Goings on About Town app provides listings for music, movies, art, theatre and other events in New York. The app includes a 'My Location' feature that uses Google Maps to show you what events are occurring around your current location.
The app also allows users to search listings by date, to access restaurant reviews from the New Yorker and includes recommended places from New York artists and writers.
Via: Read Write Web
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Film Locations on Google Maps
Spott is a mobile phone application that lets you check for nearby places that have been used in movie or TV scenes.Using Spott you can view a Google Map that shows locations near you that have been used in iconic scenes in films and TV shows. You can also search a particular city for locations or search by actor or film.
Registered users of Spott can add locations to the map and can even take photographs of themselves at film locations and add them to the Spott image gallery.
Spott is available both for the iPhone and Android phones.
Filmaps
Filmaps is a film locations website that also uses Google Maps to show the locations of movies. Filmaps want to help movie fans find the locations in their favourite movies.
It is possible to search Filmaps for a particular film or it is possible to search a location to see which film was made there. For example, a search for the Eiffel Tower reveals that four films in the Filmaps database have used the famous landmark as a location.
Each film has its own Google Map. When you are browsing a film's locations it is very easy to add another location if you know of one that hasn't already been added. To do so you just press the 'add a location button' and complete a very short form.
Movie Landmarks
Brian Lane's MovieLandmarks.com is a "location-based movie landmark search engine". Location and media data are added by users and the resulting data is then mashed up for all to explore! For an example check out this Blues Brothers landmark.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
View Cell Phone Coverage on Google Maps
Sensorly
Sensorly provides community powered mobile phone coverage maps. It is currently mapping 76 networks across the world. If you download either the Android or iPhone app you can also become a part of the crowd supplying data to these phone coverage maps.
You can use the Sensorly Google Maps to view how good network coverage is in a given location, for both WiFi and mobile phone networks. You can navigate to your part of the world by using the links beneath the map. You can also find the relevant map for your network from the tabbed buttons at the top of the map.
OpenSignalMaps
OpenSignalMaps is a great source for data about cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world. OpenSignalsMaps uses Google Maps to allow you to view the mobile signal strength for any location and view the locations of nearby towers for your carrier.
Using the map you can search by location and view a heat map of the signal strength for each of the carriers available in your area. You can select to view the data of individual carriers and quickly see how their local coverage compares. It is also possible to view the cell tower locations for each of your local mobile phone service providers.
The data for the map is collected from users of the OpenSignalsMaps Android application. Data from the downloaded apps is stripped of any identifying information.
Root Metrics
Root Metrics allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers at different locations in the United States. You can search a Google Map by zip code or address to find the strength of coverage at any location.
The Root Metrics Google Map allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers. The map shows you each carrier's aggregate grade and the carrier's voice and data strength.
The Root Metrics iPhone app allows you to view the data from your mobile phone. Users of the app also contribute to the accuracy of the data shown. Data from downloaded apps is collected anonymously to track each carrier's performance.
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Sensorly provides community powered mobile phone coverage maps. It is currently mapping 76 networks across the world. If you download either the Android or iPhone app you can also become a part of the crowd supplying data to these phone coverage maps.
You can use the Sensorly Google Maps to view how good network coverage is in a given location, for both WiFi and mobile phone networks. You can navigate to your part of the world by using the links beneath the map. You can also find the relevant map for your network from the tabbed buttons at the top of the map.
OpenSignalMaps
OpenSignalMaps is a great source for data about cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world. OpenSignalsMaps uses Google Maps to allow you to view the mobile signal strength for any location and view the locations of nearby towers for your carrier.
Using the map you can search by location and view a heat map of the signal strength for each of the carriers available in your area. You can select to view the data of individual carriers and quickly see how their local coverage compares. It is also possible to view the cell tower locations for each of your local mobile phone service providers.
The data for the map is collected from users of the OpenSignalsMaps Android application. Data from the downloaded apps is stripped of any identifying information.
Root Metrics
Root Metrics allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers at different locations in the United States. You can search a Google Map by zip code or address to find the strength of coverage at any location.
The Root Metrics Google Map allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers. The map shows you each carrier's aggregate grade and the carrier's voice and data strength.
The Root Metrics iPhone app allows you to view the data from your mobile phone. Users of the app also contribute to the accuracy of the data shown. Data from downloaded apps is collected anonymously to track each carrier's performance.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Google Maps Plus for the iPhone & iPad
Maps+
Maps+ is an iPhone and iPad Google Maps application from IZE that improves on the default iOS maps app with a few new useful features.
Maps+ lets you record and edit GPS tracks. With a tap of a button you can start recording your location. When you are finished recording you can edit the track by deleting individual waypoints or by trimming the beginning or the end of the track.
Maps+ also allows you to set location based alarms. You can set an alarm at a location, for example for a specific train station when you are on a train, and get a reminder when you reach that location.
The application also acts as a Twitter client. You can use this option to view Tweets around your current location live on a Google Map.
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Maps+ is an iPhone and iPad Google Maps application from IZE that improves on the default iOS maps app with a few new useful features.
Maps+ lets you record and edit GPS tracks. With a tap of a button you can start recording your location. When you are finished recording you can edit the track by deleting individual waypoints or by trimming the beginning or the end of the track.
Maps+ also allows you to set location based alarms. You can set an alarm at a location, for example for a specific train station when you are on a train, and get a reminder when you reach that location.
The application also acts as a Twitter client. You can use this option to view Tweets around your current location live on a Google Map.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Don't be Shy on Google Maps
Shy Breaker
Shy Breaker wants to help you overcome your normal reticence and meet other people through the Shy Breaker desktop and iPhone application.
Using Shy Breaker users can drop a note on a Google Map. The note can be about someone you've spotted and would like to meet or it could just be a note to say you would like to meet other like minded individuals. Users can time-stamp their notes so that they only appear on the map for a specified period of time.
If other people want to respond to your note they can reply to it and start a private conversation using the application's messaging system. I guess the rest is then up to you ...
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Shy Breaker wants to help you overcome your normal reticence and meet other people through the Shy Breaker desktop and iPhone application.
Using Shy Breaker users can drop a note on a Google Map. The note can be about someone you've spotted and would like to meet or it could just be a note to say you would like to meet other like minded individuals. Users can time-stamp their notes so that they only appear on the map for a specified period of time.
If other people want to respond to your note they can reply to it and start a private conversation using the application's messaging system. I guess the rest is then up to you ...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Electric Car Charge Points on Google Maps
ChargeMap
ChargeMap can show you the location of charging stations for electric cars in France. The application is available for iPhones, Android and from the desktop.
If you enter your current location into the desktop application ChargeMap will show you the nearest charging stations on a Google Map. Your location is shown by a red marker on the map and the charge stations are indicated by blue markers.
Each charge station includes information about the distance from your current location, the number of charge points available and its exact address.
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ChargeMap can show you the location of charging stations for electric cars in France. The application is available for iPhones, Android and from the desktop.
If you enter your current location into the desktop application ChargeMap will show you the nearest charging stations on a Google Map. Your location is shown by a red marker on the map and the charge stations are indicated by blue markers.
Each charge station includes information about the distance from your current location, the number of charge points available and its exact address.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Locally Produced Food on Google Maps
LoveFre.sh
LoveFre.sh is a location based service to help you connect with locally produced food, wherever you are. Users of the LoveFre.sh iPhone app can find fresh local food and share their local food experiences with comments, a picture or an audiobite.
The LoveFre.sh website features a Google Map feturing the latest check-ins made with the app and provides a great way to find local food markets and outlets selling locally produced food.
The mapped check-ins include user photos, audio comments and tags. If you click through on a listed food outlet you can read more comments on a dedicated page.
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LoveFre.sh is a location based service to help you connect with locally produced food, wherever you are. Users of the LoveFre.sh iPhone app can find fresh local food and share their local food experiences with comments, a picture or an audiobite.
The LoveFre.sh website features a Google Map feturing the latest check-ins made with the app and provides a great way to find local food markets and outlets selling locally produced food.
The mapped check-ins include user photos, audio comments and tags. If you click through on a listed food outlet you can read more comments on a dedicated page.
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Happy Mapping
Glow
Glow is an iPhone app that lets you share your feelings with the world and see how happy the people around you are.
The app uses Google Maps to let you view the happiness levels of those in your neighborhood. Alternatively you can zoom out the map view and see the happiness levels of the whole world. The map includes filters that enables users to view feelings by age and value, or limit the view to show only your feelings.
The app also includes an augmented reality view that allows you to use the camera view on the iPhone as a window on the emotional feelings of your location, superimposing the collected data on your current view.
Mappiness
Two academics at the London School of Economics are carrying out research into how the environment affects people's happiness. To help them gather the data for this research they have launched an iPhone app called mappiness.
If you download the app you will receive a notification between one and five times a day. The notification will ask you to open the app, briefly report how you're feeling and who you're with, where you are, and what you're doing. If you're outdoors and you're happy to, you'll be asked to take a photo of your surroundings as well.
You can also open the app and report on your feelings and situation, unprompted, as often as you like.
Anyone can keep an eye on the research being gathered by checking out the mappiness Google Map. The map shows the outdoor places where mappiness users have most recently reported feeling happy. If you click on an information window you can also view the photograph taken at that happy moment.
If charts and graphs are more your thing you can also check out the happiness meters and a graph of happiness levels charted over the past few days.
World of Emotions
World of Emotions are attempting to map the feelings of the world. To register their emotions users just click on a happy, sad or neutral face and their mood is added to a Google Map of the world.
It is possible to refine the results on the map by different emotions. Users can view the positive, negative or neutral emotions on the map or view results for the last hour, day, week or month. The site also provides a table that ranks the world's countries by their degree of happiness.
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Glow is an iPhone app that lets you share your feelings with the world and see how happy the people around you are.The app uses Google Maps to let you view the happiness levels of those in your neighborhood. Alternatively you can zoom out the map view and see the happiness levels of the whole world. The map includes filters that enables users to view feelings by age and value, or limit the view to show only your feelings.
The app also includes an augmented reality view that allows you to use the camera view on the iPhone as a window on the emotional feelings of your location, superimposing the collected data on your current view.
Mappiness
Two academics at the London School of Economics are carrying out research into how the environment affects people's happiness. To help them gather the data for this research they have launched an iPhone app called mappiness.
If you download the app you will receive a notification between one and five times a day. The notification will ask you to open the app, briefly report how you're feeling and who you're with, where you are, and what you're doing. If you're outdoors and you're happy to, you'll be asked to take a photo of your surroundings as well.
You can also open the app and report on your feelings and situation, unprompted, as often as you like.
Anyone can keep an eye on the research being gathered by checking out the mappiness Google Map. The map shows the outdoor places where mappiness users have most recently reported feeling happy. If you click on an information window you can also view the photograph taken at that happy moment.
If charts and graphs are more your thing you can also check out the happiness meters and a graph of happiness levels charted over the past few days.
World of Emotions
World of Emotions are attempting to map the feelings of the world. To register their emotions users just click on a happy, sad or neutral face and their mood is added to a Google Map of the world.
It is possible to refine the results on the map by different emotions. Users can view the positive, negative or neutral emotions on the map or view results for the last hour, day, week or month. The site also provides a table that ranks the world's countries by their degree of happiness.
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
Visualise Your iPhone Data on Google Maps
OpenPaths.cc
Last week much of the world was shocked to discover that smartphones store location data. Now that some of the furore has died down we are beginning to see some useful tools that let phone users visualise their location data.
The New York Times Company Research and Development Lab has released an application to help iPhone users access and visualise the location data held on their phone. If you use the tool you are also agreeing to the data being stored anonymously. The Times says that "at a later date researchers will be able to request access to the collection of location uploads."
The application uses Google Maps to let you view the location data on your iPhone by time of day and allows you to animate your tracks on the map.
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Last week much of the world was shocked to discover that smartphones store location data. Now that some of the furore has died down we are beginning to see some useful tools that let phone users visualise their location data.
The New York Times Company Research and Development Lab has released an application to help iPhone users access and visualise the location data held on their phone. If you use the tool you are also agreeing to the data being stored anonymously. The Times says that "at a later date researchers will be able to request access to the collection of location uploads."
The application uses Google Maps to let you view the location data on your iPhone by time of day and allows you to animate your tracks on the map.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Ask the Crowd About the Buzz at a Venue
Localmind
Localmind allows you to ask questions of people at specific locations. For example, if you are thinking of heading out to your local bar you could ask Localmind whether the place is buzzing or not. If another Localmind user is at the bar they receive the question on their phone and can respond in real-time.
If you are Localmind user when you check-in with your favourite check-in service (such as Foursquare, Gowalla, or Facebook Places) you become available to be sent a question about that location. If a fellow user has a question about that location, you receive a notification and can respond in real-time.
Localmind users earn karma every time that they contribute something useful. You earn 5 karma points for checking-in at a venue, and 10 karma points for answering a question at a venue.
The Localmind website uses Google Maps to show you where Localmind experts are currently available to answer your questions. Localmind is also available as an iPhone app, which you will need to get the full benefit of the service.
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Localmind allows you to ask questions of people at specific locations. For example, if you are thinking of heading out to your local bar you could ask Localmind whether the place is buzzing or not. If another Localmind user is at the bar they receive the question on their phone and can respond in real-time.
If you are Localmind user when you check-in with your favourite check-in service (such as Foursquare, Gowalla, or Facebook Places) you become available to be sent a question about that location. If a fellow user has a question about that location, you receive a notification and can respond in real-time.
Localmind users earn karma every time that they contribute something useful. You earn 5 karma points for checking-in at a venue, and 10 karma points for answering a question at a venue.
The Localmind website uses Google Maps to show you where Localmind experts are currently available to answer your questions. Localmind is also available as an iPhone app, which you will need to get the full benefit of the service.
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Taking Geo-Games to the Next Level
Dokobots
Dokobots is a free location-based game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is a scavenger hunt that involves finding Dokobots, marking locations and taking photos.
Using the app players can pick up objects shown on a Google Map as they travel around town. Dokobots, batteries and other items can be found with your iPhone as you move around. If you find a Dokobot you can find out all about who has owned it before and add your own record of ownership.
Every Dokobot keeps a detailed record of its adventures in a travel journal. The journal automatically charts its route through the world, tracking map locations, players who have picked it up and user-created photos and notes.
Players can check out the photos taken by each of the previous hosts before adding their own, and a newsfeed keeps players up to date about the latest activities of their favorite Dokobots, highlighting new photos and other entries.
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Dokobots is a free location-based game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The game is a scavenger hunt that involves finding Dokobots, marking locations and taking photos.
Using the app players can pick up objects shown on a Google Map as they travel around town. Dokobots, batteries and other items can be found with your iPhone as you move around. If you find a Dokobot you can find out all about who has owned it before and add your own record of ownership.
Every Dokobot keeps a detailed record of its adventures in a travel journal. The journal automatically charts its route through the world, tracking map locations, players who have picked it up and user-created photos and notes.
Players can check out the photos taken by each of the previous hosts before adding their own, and a newsfeed keeps players up to date about the latest activities of their favorite Dokobots, highlighting new photos and other entries.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Introducing Street Mosaic
Street Mosaic
Street Mosaic is a great new photo sharing / travel guide app. I liked the app so much that I asked Rich Yang of Street Mosaic to write a guest post for Google Maps Mania introducing the application.
He kindly agreed, so here it is:
Maps and travel go hand-in-hand. Travel, from day trips to gap years, is best when you have the opportunity to experience local flavor and find serendipitous discoveries. However, even the experienced traveler can have difficulty with maps, from orientation to location identification, especially in a new destination. Not to mention traditional paper guidebooks are outdated and horrible with maps.
Street Mosaic reduces time spent mapping so that you can quickly get back to your travel exploration. By integrating the social interaction and photography element of travel, users of Street Mosaic can simply take a picture of their discovery, write a caption, and share with the travel community. Our mobile app is also location aware and guides you to the discovery.
See something exciting? Take a picture and share with your friends and community your serendipitous discovery. Or simply explore around you or across the globe to get an idea for your next travel adventure.
Street Mosaic is still in developing and testing and open for product testers. Look for our free app in the iTunes App Store, twitter us @streetmosaic or on the web at streetmosaic.com.
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Street Mosaic is a great new photo sharing / travel guide app. I liked the app so much that I asked Rich Yang of Street Mosaic to write a guest post for Google Maps Mania introducing the application.He kindly agreed, so here it is:
Maps and travel go hand-in-hand. Travel, from day trips to gap years, is best when you have the opportunity to experience local flavor and find serendipitous discoveries. However, even the experienced traveler can have difficulty with maps, from orientation to location identification, especially in a new destination. Not to mention traditional paper guidebooks are outdated and horrible with maps.
Street Mosaic reduces time spent mapping so that you can quickly get back to your travel exploration. By integrating the social interaction and photography element of travel, users of Street Mosaic can simply take a picture of their discovery, write a caption, and share with the travel community. Our mobile app is also location aware and guides you to the discovery.
See something exciting? Take a picture and share with your friends and community your serendipitous discovery. Or simply explore around you or across the globe to get an idea for your next travel adventure.
Street Mosaic is still in developing and testing and open for product testers. Look for our free app in the iTunes App Store, twitter us @streetmosaic or on the web at streetmosaic.com.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Share a Google Map with Your Group
GroupMe
GroupMe is a mobile app that lets you create your own social networks to share group messages, conference calls, photos or Google Maps.
Using GroupMe you can create a group with people who are already in your contacts. Once you have created a group you can then text message the group, start an instant conference call, share photographs or share a Google Map showing the location of everyone in the group.
As soon as you create a group you instantly have access to a shared Google Map. The map lets you share your location with the people in your group, find out where your friends are and see them all on a map.
The GroupMe app is available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry.
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GroupMe is a mobile app that lets you create your own social networks to share group messages, conference calls, photos or Google Maps.
Using GroupMe you can create a group with people who are already in your contacts. Once you have created a group you can then text message the group, start an instant conference call, share photographs or share a Google Map showing the location of everyone in the group.
As soon as you create a group you instantly have access to a shared Google Map. The map lets you share your location with the people in your group, find out where your friends are and see them all on a map.
The GroupMe app is available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
RPG with Google Maps
Geo Hunters
GEO Hunters is a free role playing game for the iPhone that uses Google Maps satellite views to create a fantasy world based on your location.
In this game monsters have invaded your neighborhood and you are either a warrior, skilled hunter or crafty wizard. Your goal is to protect your turf by amassing your own monster army. As well as fighting the game's monsters you must also compete against other players to become the top ranking player.
The game is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
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GEO Hunters is a free role playing game for the iPhone that uses Google Maps satellite views to create a fantasy world based on your location.In this game monsters have invaded your neighborhood and you are either a warrior, skilled hunter or crafty wizard. Your goal is to protect your turf by amassing your own monster army. As well as fighting the game's monsters you must also compete against other players to become the top ranking player.
The game is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Share Your World with Google Maps
Mobnotes
Mobnotes lets you share your location with friends, share your favourite places, search for venues around you and view other people in your vicinity. The application is available from the desktop and as an iPhone and Android app.
Google Maps is used extensively by Mobnotes. The home page features a real-time animated map of the latest check-ins made by users of Mobnotes. You can also use Google Maps to show your location and to view places/venues and other users nearby.
You can also use Mobnotes to let your friends know where you’ll be at a particular time. You can specify a location and inform your friends when you will be there using the Mobnotes 'Events' feature.
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Mobnotes lets you share your location with friends, share your favourite places, search for venues around you and view other people in your vicinity. The application is available from the desktop and as an iPhone and Android app.
Google Maps is used extensively by Mobnotes. The home page features a real-time animated map of the latest check-ins made by users of Mobnotes. You can also use Google Maps to show your location and to view places/venues and other users nearby.
You can also use Mobnotes to let your friends know where you’ll be at a particular time. You can specify a location and inform your friends when you will be there using the Mobnotes 'Events' feature.
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Monday, March 7, 2011
Electric Vehicles App with Google Maps
PlugShare
I guess one of the biggest problems for an owner of an electric car is where to plug it in. PlugShare is an iPhone application for electric vehicles that can help drivers find places to charge their batteries.
The application uses Google Maps to show the nearby paid charging stations and also locations where you can recharge for free. The application itself is free from the App Store and looks like a must have app for any owners of electric vehicles.
Via: Techcrunch
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I guess one of the biggest problems for an owner of an electric car is where to plug it in. PlugShare is an iPhone application for electric vehicles that can help drivers find places to charge their batteries.
The application uses Google Maps to show the nearby paid charging stations and also locations where you can recharge for free. The application itself is free from the App Store and looks like a must have app for any owners of electric vehicles.
Via: Techcrunch
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View Cell Phone Coverage on Google Maps
OpenSignalMaps
OpenSignalMaps is a great source for data about cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world. OpenSignalsMaps uses Google Maps to allow you to view the mobile signal strength for any location and view the locations of nearby towers for your carrier.
Using the map you can search by location and view a heat map of the signal strength for each of the carriers available in your area. You can select to view the data of individual carriers and quickly see how their local coverage compares. It is also possible to view the cell tower locations for each of your local mobile phone service providers.
The data for the map is collected from users of the OpenSignalsMaps Android application. Data from the downloaded apps is stripped of any identifying information.
Root Metrics
Root Metrics allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers at different locations in the United States. You can search a Google Map by zip code or address to find the strength of coverage at any location.
The Root Metrics Google Map allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers. The map shows you each carrier's aggregate grade and the carrier's voice and data strength.
The Root Metrics iPhone app allows you to view the data from your mobile phone. Users of the app also contribute to the accuracy of the data shown. Data from downloaded apps is collected anonymously to track each carrier's performance.
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OpenSignalMaps is a great source for data about cell phone towers, cell phone signal strength readings, and Wi-Fi access points around the world. OpenSignalsMaps uses Google Maps to allow you to view the mobile signal strength for any location and view the locations of nearby towers for your carrier.
Using the map you can search by location and view a heat map of the signal strength for each of the carriers available in your area. You can select to view the data of individual carriers and quickly see how their local coverage compares. It is also possible to view the cell tower locations for each of your local mobile phone service providers.
The data for the map is collected from users of the OpenSignalsMaps Android application. Data from the downloaded apps is stripped of any identifying information.
Root Metrics
Root Metrics allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers at different locations in the United States. You can search a Google Map by zip code or address to find the strength of coverage at any location.
The Root Metrics Google Map allows you to compare the signal strength of different mobile phone carriers. The map shows you each carrier's aggregate grade and the carrier's voice and data strength.
The Root Metrics iPhone app allows you to view the data from your mobile phone. Users of the app also contribute to the accuracy of the data shown. Data from downloaded apps is collected anonymously to track each carrier's performance.
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Get Great Local Advice from the Crowd
Crowdbeacon
Crowdbeacon is a great new app that lets you ask location based questions. The app is available for the iPhone and for the desktop.
Using the app you can click on a Google Map to set your location (if you are using your phone your location will be detected automatically). Once you have determined your location you can then ask your question. For example, you could ask where the best restaurant for tapas is nearby or ask if there is anywhere with live music in the neighborhood.
Your question is then posted to other Crowdbeacon users in your vicinity. When you sign up to Crowdbeacon you are asked to choose one category that you are willing to help people in your home city with (i.e, nightlife, shopping, restaurants etc.). This self-identified choice powers the Crowdbeacon notification system, which lets the user know that someone in their city has a question about the category they chose.
I asked Crowdbeacon for a great place to get breakfast on Van Ness Ave in San Francisco. Despite it being 2.30 am I started getting suggestions in a matter of seconds. Which is pretty impressive (unfortunately, as I was actually in London, I couldn't check out how good any of the suggestions were).
If no one nearby is listening and you don't get a real-time repsonse Crowdbeacon will answer your question with relevant information from other location-based services such as Yelp, Foursquare and Wishpond.
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Crowdbeacon is a great new app that lets you ask location based questions. The app is available for the iPhone and for the desktop.
Using the app you can click on a Google Map to set your location (if you are using your phone your location will be detected automatically). Once you have determined your location you can then ask your question. For example, you could ask where the best restaurant for tapas is nearby or ask if there is anywhere with live music in the neighborhood.
Your question is then posted to other Crowdbeacon users in your vicinity. When you sign up to Crowdbeacon you are asked to choose one category that you are willing to help people in your home city with (i.e, nightlife, shopping, restaurants etc.). This self-identified choice powers the Crowdbeacon notification system, which lets the user know that someone in their city has a question about the category they chose.
I asked Crowdbeacon for a great place to get breakfast on Van Ness Ave in San Francisco. Despite it being 2.30 am I started getting suggestions in a matter of seconds. Which is pretty impressive (unfortunately, as I was actually in London, I couldn't check out how good any of the suggestions were).
If no one nearby is listening and you don't get a real-time repsonse Crowdbeacon will answer your question with relevant information from other location-based services such as Yelp, Foursquare and Wishpond.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Location Based Reminders
Geoloqi
Geoloqi is an iPhone app with some great location sharing features. The features of Geoloqi include Geonotes, automatic Foursquare checkins, and private real-time GPS tracking.
Similar to Glympse, Geoloqi allows you to share your location with those you want to, for a limited time. Your friends can then view your location on a Google Map only for the time that you have defined.
The Geonote option allows you to leave a message in a location and have it e-mailed, texted or pushed to you when you get to that location. You can therefore send yourself a message reminding yourself to pick up milk. You can set the location so that you receive the Geonote when you are passing the store. Or you could leave yourself a note at work reminding yourself about an important task.
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Geoloqi is an iPhone app with some great location sharing features. The features of Geoloqi include Geonotes, automatic Foursquare checkins, and private real-time GPS tracking.
Similar to Glympse, Geoloqi allows you to share your location with those you want to, for a limited time. Your friends can then view your location on a Google Map only for the time that you have defined.
The Geonote option allows you to leave a message in a location and have it e-mailed, texted or pushed to you when you get to that location. You can therefore send yourself a message reminding yourself to pick up milk. You can set the location so that you receive the Geonote when you are passing the store. Or you could leave yourself a note at work reminding yourself about an important task.
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