Roadfood iPhone App

Russ Jackson


Is there ever going to be a roadfood ap?...Russ

http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=589792

I have little interest in a Roadfood.com app at this time though apps make the internet a better experience when using an iPad and I suspect will become a more popular way to access the internet with packaged and presentable material. However, there are now 3 million iPad users that can't post a message to the Roadfood.com forums. So at least 10 weeks out of the year and many weekends I know I won't be posting because the iPad is my main computer traveling device when I mostly visit restaurants. I've given up on posting trip reports. I am not blaming Stephen on this but the ASPPlayground people who now have the suckiest message forum software that I am aware of. iPhones and other smartphones have the same problem and that's millions and millions more locked out of participation - all people on the go visiting restaurants.

Several months ago, Tony Bad and I discussed using Google Earth to see all the Roadfood restaurants, and both of us had problems with Google Earth only showing us a fraction of the restaurants listed in the .kmz file.
 
I've got another part of a solution today: the app Globalscout (for iPad and iPhone, currently $5.99) will import the .kmz file and show all the locations.
Unfortunately, I can't declare bliss yet:
- it doesn't correctly import the descriptions of the restaurants, just the locations and names.
- the UI feels rather rough.
 
Even so, I'm happy at the prospect of being able to identify nearby Roadfood restaurants in New Orleans.

I can post a message now from my iPad. Good thing. There are now over 16 million iPad users and I am one of them getting ready to hit the road for two months.

I got email back from the author of the Globalscout app. He said that version 1.0.2 should be out in less than a week, and should correctly import the descriptions.

I just tried this with Google Earth 6 and it's not working for me.  I get an error message that says: We could not finish downloading your file.  Any ideas?

I talked with Stephen Rushmore a few months ago about a Roadfood app.  He indicated that the cost is aroound $10-$12.000.  I do not think that our current advertising would pay for that.
 
I agree with all that would be a nice feature.  Many apps are free but I recently bought the IBIRD pro and it was $10.00.  It is a wonderful tool for those of you that have a interest in birding. 
  
I have a HTC EVO by Sprint and it is a super smart phone.
 
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN 

rtbryant


I just tried this with Google Earth 6 and it's not working for me.  I get an error message that says: We could not finish downloading your file.  Any ideas?

 
I don't have any ideas offhand, but I'm willing to try to help. What platform are you running on? (I don't assume the iPhone, because the conversation has wandered to other systems.)