For identifying places around, LocalScope appears to use the largest number of different databases.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 06/08/2013, at 21:53, Joanne Chua <shuang.an...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, my understanding of blindsquare is the alternative of 4square, which is > what i'm using, with more information and enhance accessibility features. > However, both 4square and blindsquare will be consider as social network, > enabling you and your friends to check in and check out certain places, but > not as nevigation or such. > > For nevigation purposes, maybe you might want to checkout nevigation apps for > the point of interest rather than relying on blindsquare/4square. > > Another good app to try is Whats around, and around me. you might have a > better POI using those apps. > > good luck > > The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion.Joanne Chua > Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate > Send from my iPad > > On 06/08/2013, at 17:00, Ari Moisio <ar...@iki.fi> wrote: > >> Hi Fred >> >> I afraid there is not such aplication. Blindsquare/Foursquare has quite good >> database of different POIs but if none of Foursquare users haven never >> visited on a business or the business owner don't know or care about >> Foursquare visibility the business could not be found there. >> >> Probably only way to find out most of the places around is to have some >> kind of OCR application to read labels and advertisements around. >> >> >> -- >> mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS >> Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 >> hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 >> 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 >> >> >> Fred Olver kirjoitti >>> Subject: blindsquare and some frustration and a question. >>> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 16:14:49 -0500 >>> From: Fred Olver <goodfo...@charter.net> >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> When I purchased blind square, I was very hopeful that it would tell me >>> what was around me, it does, but not really very much. I have also acquired >>> 4square and am using that as well, and that is, what I think makes blind >>> square work, however I have the apple app, maps, google maps, and several >>> other GPS applications, my way lite, where too, and was hoping for a blow >>> by blow description of what's around me, however not so. I wanted to add a >>> point of Interest to blind square, but that appears to not be possible. I >>> travel up and down the roads in my area, some crammed full of radio shacks, >>> grocery stores etc and yet most of them are not identified, what do I need >>> to purchase in order to enhance my knowledge of what is around me and be >>> able to know where I am in relation to not just some of the businesses, but >>> say more than 50% of them. >>> >>> Fred Olver >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing >> viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting >> 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. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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