Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Another hack quicky: loc.n31.de

Another quick hack from the last week is loc.n31.de. The name and address are just temporary, until I find better ones. The idea is quite simple. You're somewhere in the middle of nowhere and try to point a friend to your current location. So you just go to loc.n31.de using your fancy new smart phone which supports the geolocation standard. Once you're there you'll get a shortlink to your current location on google maps. Copy and paste that into an SMS and send it. The recipient opens the link in his shiny iphone and knows where you are. Done.

Well of course you could also use the share location feature in your iPhone Maps app, but that just supports sharing via MMS or EMail. And I've always missed SMS support since I think it's a bit more direct than an Email and a bit cheaper and more commonly used than an MMS.