Hello Jordan, I'll second David's recommendation of Where To? - Discover your next destination using GPS, and point out that this app is on sale today for $0.99. I actually prefer it over localscope in my area. However, my experience is that you'll get different responses to how well some of these location-based apps work depending on the specific location of the user. Where To? does list results in order of distance from the search location. I love the fact that you can get updated information on the direction and distance to your selected location as you move. I also like the fact that they provide links to the web pages and hours of sites, and menus to where available. Now, some of these features like menus are not as extensive as what I might get through other apps, but those other apps generally don't work internationally, as Where To? does. The other thing I really like is the integration of Where To? with GPS navigation apps like Navigon, TomTom, Motion X GPS Drive, and a lot of the local transportation apps. If you don't already have the Where To? app, it's definitely worth getting while it's on sale today: • Where To? - Discover your next destination using GPS ($0.99 on sale today, usually $2.99) by FutureTap GmbH https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/futuretap-gmbh/id314785159 The app deal information is also already posted at AppleVis.
And yes, Blind Square is good, and will list results in order of distance and give you distance and direction information. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 14, 7:54 pm, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > Localscope is my favourite app for what is around. Where To is also good. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > > On 15/03/2013, at 17:32, Jordan Norregaard <jorda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have a few questions, and some people might think i'm nuts, but > > please try to follow my point! I'm looking for an app that tells me > > what's near me in a category such as hotels, restaurants, Etc. I'm > > looking for an impartial app, like around me used to be. Please note: > > around me is no longer this good! I'll base it on the old around me, > > hopefully you guys know of a similar app. A year ago, if I wanted to > > know what hotels were close to me, I used to use the around me app. It > > was completely impartial to hotels.com, travelocity, Kyak, Etc. It > > just gave me what was close, nothing else! i got the hotels around me, > > based solely on distance, and nothing else! The new around me no loger > > does this and deliberately skips hotels i know darn well are close, > > because its partnered with hotels.com now. How about restaurants? I > > know of a good restaurant called "Clean street marina.' (not the > > actual name, since i don't wanna give away right where i live!) Its a > > good fish/seafood place, some of the fish came right from my local > > lake! What if I'm in dallas and want to find a locally owned truly > > texas barbecue place (not a chain?) What about a small locally owned > > motel/hotel that's distinctly dallas? Is there new apps that are good > > at that stuff? Please reply. If you guys just can't follow my point > > I'll put it a different way...the sighted person who looks at the > > signs of businesses around him/her, seeing what the area is like. > > That's exactly what i'm looking for. Please help! > > > Jordan Norregaard > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
