Datamob: mobile

Unofficial Hacker News API

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:44:49 -0400

Programmatic access to Hacker News stories, comments and votes. Originally developed for iHackerNews, a mobile version of Hacker News. Returns data in JSON; JSONP and XML coming soon.

By Ronnie Roller.

url: http://api.ihackernews.com/

FlightCaster

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:56:33 -0400

FlightCaster is a mobile application that predicts flight delays, using an advanced algorithm that scours data on every U.S. domestic flight for the past 10 years and matches it to real-time conditions.

By FlightCaster, Inc.

url: http://flightcaster.com/

Exit Strategy NYC

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:37:25 -0400

Exit Strategy NYC is a mobile application that shows you where to stand on a given New York City subway platform, so you can board the train at the right position to arrive directly in front of the exit at your destination station. No phone service or wifi is needed.

By Jonathan and Ashley Wegener.

url: http://www.exitstrategynyc.com/

Trees Near You

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:55:41 -0500

Trees Near You is an iPhone application that helps you learn about the more than 500,000 trees that live on New York City sidewalks. For any area of the city, from block to borough, you can see the different species that live there, and measure the environmental (and monetary!) benefits that these trees provide.

Winner of the Best Application Honorable Mention in the NYC Big Apps competition. Uses the following NYC Data Mine datasets: "Street Tree Census" files for all five boroughs, and "Neighborhood Names GIS" for neighborhood names centroids.

By Brett Camper.

url: http://www.treesnearyou.com/

NYC Way

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:17:05 -0500

NYC Way is an iPhone application that bundles a variety of local resources useful for residents and tourists alike. It happens to be one of the first mobile apps to combine a wide variety of datasets from NYC.gov (along with various third-party datasets), location awareness and social media. Experience the power of 30+ NYC-related iPhone apps packaged into one.

Based around the theme of making our government more transparent, NYC Way is a first step to help NYC.gov share their rich datasets with the rest of us. It uses various datasets from NYC Data Mine, and many others available via NYC.gov.

NYC Way is location-aware and provides you with information sorted by proximity. The app allows you to update your Facebook status or send out a tweet about any place you discovered or visited.

In an upcoming release, we plan to implement real-time location v/s interest analysis, and hook the app up to a sophisticated Complex Event Processing backend that will correlate user interests and actions with current situation and location to make valuable local recommendations.

NYC Way includes all of the following and more:

Nearest wifi hotspot locations
NYC restaurant inspection results
Major NYC tourist attractions
NYC street eats (NYC street vendors)
NYC coffee shops
NYC gadget stores
NYC events
NYC live traffic cams and traffic updates
NYC subway station locations and alerts
NYC police stations, wanted criminals, average emergency response times, ERs and more
Nearest waste disposal sites and waste collection schedules
Nearest post offices, 24-hour pharmacies, Zipcar locations
Swine flu vaccination locator, parking ticket search, can I park here
Volunteer opportunities
NYC local news including the New York Times, New York Post and WNBC
NYC recreation information including ice-skating rinks, zoos, aquariums and museums

Submitted by Shariq

url: http://www.nycway.com

Gotta Etsy

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:45:22 -0400

iPhone OS 3.0 application for searching and browsing shops and listings on Etsy, a global handmade marketplace. Offers the ability to bookmark listings for future reference. By Jacob Yelizarov.

url: http://www.apptism.com/apps/gotta-etsy

Etsy Addict

Sun, 10 May 2009 10:08:25 -0400

Application for searching and browsing Etsy, a global handmade marketplace, from your iPhone or iPod Touch. By Daniel Dickison.

url: http://danieldickison.com/etsyaddict/

DBpedia Mobile

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:05:26 -0400

Based on the current GPS position of a mobile device, DBpedia Mobile renders a map containing information about nearby locations. Supports 14 languages and various filters.

url: http://wiki.dbpedia.org/DBpediaMobile