Comments on: Local Points Of Interest With The Georeader App http://androgeoid.com/2010/12/local-points-of-interest-with-the-georeader-app/ Exploring, Recording And Mapping The World With Android Mon, 20 May 2013 22:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: dave http://androgeoid.com/2010/12/local-points-of-interest-with-the-georeader-app/#comment-669 dave Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:11:48 +0000 http://androgeoid.com/?p=546#comment-669 “If they could figure out a way to add the data from the National Historical Marker Database to their own data, this would instantly make the app far more useful.”

Ironically, the Georeader app HAS all the data from the HMBD (National Historical Marker Database) that was in their system at the time of upload (About Febuary 2010.) Their founder J.J.Watts,was very generous in letting me use it for this application. I did modify it to shorten the very long texts. Just thought I would let you know. Thanks. Dave

]]> By: dave http://androgeoid.com/2010/12/local-points-of-interest-with-the-georeader-app/#comment-659 dave Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:25:54 +0000 http://androgeoid.com/?p=546#comment-659 Thanks for the review. You have some good suggestions. Different areas have different types and quantities of Talking Points. Some states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, Ohio and Michigan have almost all their state roadside historical marker already in the database for people to hear. Other areas (looks like you were in the New Mexico area) have only National Register of Historic Palaces in them, a couple of UFO sighting locations, and some historical markers so far. These were meant to be a “Starter set” of data and allow the user to hear something no matter where they were, anywhere in the country. It does rely on local folks to share their knowledge of the area in order for it to expand and the number of points are growing. The points people are generating so far are very interesting. (Somebody made a Talkingpoint about a “Bigfoot Trap” which is my favorite so far) All users are encourage but not required to contribute and we tried to make it very easy to do so either from the app on location or even from the website. It doesn’t have to be a historical fact either. You could even contribute some Poetry such as Haiku or even a joke (as long as it is clean). Thanks again for the review.
Dave

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