That is a cool idea, though my town is so small that I doubt I would get accurate readings. Still, if it could just tell me my street, the intersection I am approaching, and nearby POIs, that's good enough for me when walking around. Now I just need the iPhone... On Oct 25, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <[email protected]> wrote:
> It works totally without FourSquare. My initial idea was to make an > app that you can use without any knowledge of smartphones. You don't > even need to have FourSquare account. It can still access foursquare > database and it get's information about other users check-in counts. > That way it knows "what is the most popular cafe within 200 meter > radius" where ever you are. I think this is kind of cool: People that > likes to play game of FourSquare are helping you to find places that > are the best (or at least most popular) of that category! > > No other data source of POI's has this kind of information about REAL > popularity compared to other places. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
