Location Browser for your iPhone
Localscope is a window to your world that lets you see and know your locality like never before. Discover and find people and places around you using geo-tagged information from multiple local search engines, social networks and media sharing services.
★ Named the best iPhone Navigation app in the App Store Rewind 2011 ★
★ Featured by Apple in Staff Favorites, App of the Week, New & Noteworthy ★
KEY FEATURES
* Works worldwide - Explore your location wherever you are
* Lookup your recent and favorite search phrases or browse everything nearby in a tap
* Explore geo-tagged, user generated photos and videos around you from media sources in a gallery view
* Browse your search results in an amazingly intuitive list or gallery view with realtime direction pointers and distance meters
* Lay the results out on the map or look through the state of the art augmented reality view to spot the results in the real world
* Flick through results from different services and experience them side-by-side using the intuitive source slider
* Get rich results including photo and video content along with informative badges for ratings, checkins, likes and more
* Navigate and get directions to your results, call them directly or store them to your address book in a tap
* Share your findings with your friends using Messages, Email, Facebook or Twitter
* Explore detailed information about a result using the in-app browser or open it into a linked native app
* Explore any part of the world by setting it as your virtual location
* And many more nifty features!
INTEGRATED SOURCES
Localscope currently aggregates information from the following services:
* Google Local
* Google Places
* Facebook
* Foursquare
* Twitter
* YouTube
* Instagram
* Panoramio
* Flickr
* Picasa
* Bing
* Wikimapia
* Wikipedia
* Citysearch
* Yelp
NAVIGATION APP INTEGRATIONS
Localscope integrates with the following navigation apps for one touch turn-by-turn directions to discovered locations:
* Built-in iPhone Maps App
* TomTom
* Navigon MobileNavigator
* MotionX GPS Drive & HD
* Magellan RoadMate
* Navfree / Navmii GPS navigation
* MetroView Australia and NewZealand
* Sygic GPS Navigation
* iGo Primo
* Waze
* MotionX GPS & HD
* VZ Navigator
* Telenav
LINKED APPS
Localscope integrates and seamlessly opens results into the following apps to provide further interactions like checking in, liking, commenting etc.:
* Twitter
* Foursquare
* Instagram
* Youtube
* Yelp
SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
Localscope speaks the following languages: Arabic, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese - Traditional, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish
OPINIONS
* The first location app I've ever used that I think I'll use every day.
- Jon Mitchell, ReadWriteWeb
* Jaw-Dropping Update for iPhone Navigation App of The Year Localscope
- Eli Milchman, Cult of Mac
* Rated 9/10: One of the nicest experiences for discovering locations that I’ve ever used
- Matthew Guay, AppStorm
* Editor's Choice - Rated 4.5★ : Essential
- Kyle Flanigan, 148 Apps
* The interface is remarkably easy to use
- Adam Dachis, Lifehacker
* Localscope is easy to use and sophisticated … I continue to recommend Localscope.
- Mel Martin, TUAW
* The Ultimate Find & Drive Combo
- Cody Fink, Macstories
* UI is slick and friendly, with a smart use of pulling and swiping
- Kathryn Swartz, Appolicious
* Localscope puts local services at your fingertips
- David Chartier, Macworld
* Get to know whats around you with Localscope
- Christine Chan, AppAdvice