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iPhone App of the Day: WhereTheFlock?

By on January 2, 2010 at 10:57am in Asides, Mobile News, Various News

Canadian-based byteIDEA developed an iPhone app called “WhereTheFlock?”.

The idea behind this is to to solve the question that’s asked daily “how far away are you?”. It uses the GPS in the iPhone and lets you and your allowed users find out where you are. Your location is displayed on a map and is updated every 1.5 kilometers and captures your speed as well. Essentially making your exact location and ETA known… so there is no more hiding.

You can bookmark favourite locations such as your home or office. The app is free for a “limited time” and you can learn more here.

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3 comments for “iPhone App of the Day: WhereTheFlock?”

  1. I don’t want to be rude but: what’s the difference between this app and Google Latitude ?

    Except, both the apps need to be running to update your location … so too bad there is no multitasking on the iPhone.

    (I know that Google Latitude for iPhone is just a mobile web site but that doesn’t change anything)

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    Posted by Mathieu | January 2, 2010, 2:14 pm
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  2. I have been very happy with:

    http://www.glympse.com/

    on my Windows Mobile phone. Through Glympse you just send an email to your friends and voila! They just click on a link and can track you with any browser. The iPhone version is limited of course because of the lack of multitasking (Apple: this is 2010, you know…). For tracking Glympses on WM I use Skyfire since it supports Flash. A friend with a Berry Bold can track you but has to refresh the screen occasionally.

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    Posted by toyandme | January 2, 2010, 9:16 pm
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  3. Fair question… the differences are subtle, but valuable (IMHO). I attempted to deal with the specific use-case of “How far away are you?”. Google latitude is a broadly useful “where are you?” app.

    1. The map is annotated (bookmarked) with home, office and a “shared” location.

    This allows you to quickly look at the map and “see” if your friends physically close to any of those bookmarks.

    2. WTF displays a users current speed. Giving you more information and context on any given user.

    3. A flock is a different approach than peer-to-peer location sharing. Any member of a flock can invite another user into their group. It allows a group to grow very quickly. But of course, you must be willing to trust any member of the group with this freedom.

    4. Automatically updates your location based on time and location. After 1.5 km the app submits an updated location to the servers. Allowing you to drive with the app running, and have your location information updated frequently.

    Lastly – it is an iPhone app. Google latitude is great… but I find web-apps to be slow and cumbersome. This may change as javascript abilities evolve on the mobile browsers… but for now… native iPhone apps are still better looking.

    Troy
    http://www.wheretheflock.com

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    Posted by Troy Daniel | January 3, 2010, 9:51 am
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