Caterina Fake is the mind behind the massively popular Flickr
photo-sharing site and is looking to eliminate that historical chain
with a new location map-based social discovery platform, called Findery.
Findery
is currently available on iOS, it becomes clear that the world is meant
to be viewed by the user as a blank canvas that is ready for you to
fully explore. You can explore geo-tagged notes on a map to learn about
places through experiences from different people from across the
planet. Users of the app can post public or private notes with
historical data, personalized stories via text, images, videos, and
sound clips. The app will then cleverly annotate and then organize the
information based on the location.
The social network side of the app, uses your current location to
bring up appealing notes in the user’s immediate vicinity, thereby
making it simple to find stories and pictures relevant to your own
experience. For example, you are exploring the historic city of
Edinburgh in Scotland or you are visiting the Grand Canyon in the USA,
all you need to do is open the Findery app to find out what previous
visitors found of interest in those areas. ”Every place has a story, or
a thousand stories…Findery brings places to life, be they where you
stand or where you hope to go,” Fake said in a statement.
Members are also able to create something called ‘Notemaps’ whih is a
collection of notes about a location, topic or theme such as “Stag
Party Blackpool” or “Blues in Chicago”. This can then serve as either a
travel diary or simply a record of your journey. The app launches
initially in English, although Findery have said they will support more
languages this year. Findery is available now for free to download in
the Apple iTunes Store.
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