On Jul 18, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Dav Yaginuma wrote: > Didn't know about that, thanks! That does seem like a likely candidate. > When I go into that Settings -> Mail... I see "My Info Dav Yaginuma" > but when I select it it just opens my contact list, helpfully to the D > section but it looks like I never associated a record with My Info yet. > However assuming there is some way via iOS to get the fact that "My Info" > is already somehow related to "Dav Yaginuma" (maybe that happens during > device setup? I totally forget)
yes. When you set up your device, you enter your Apple ID and various other bits and bobs of info that establish your record. > it's a pretty simple thing to parse the > Contacts records for the best match for "Dav Yaginuma" with an address. > I'll look into a way to get that My Info record... > > Thanks again! > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Puneet Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jul 18, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Dav Yaginuma wrote: >> >>> Puzzled by a locative feature in this new app: >>> >>> >> http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/18/3165184/twist-ios-location-sharing-app-released >>> >>> I installed it today and on first launch before I gave it any information >>> about myself it took a (correct) guess at my home address. How in the >> world >>> was it able to determine this? It correctly guessed my colleague's >> address >>> as well. >>> >>> .. >>> >>> It seems like a nice hack and I'd love to use it in my own app. Anyone >> have >>> any ideas? >>> >> >> >> Sure, its easy. In "Settings... Mail, Contacts, Calendars... Contacts" >> there is a setting for "My Info" that identifies your, the device owner's >> address book contact. In that record are "work" and "home" addresses. et >> voila! >> >> >> -- >> Puneet Kishor >> >> > > > -- > Dav Yaginuma > http://AkuAku.org/ _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
