Location based Apps for journalists

location based journalism
20 (free!) apps to enrich your story
WORKSHOP VVOJ 2013

@hillevanderkaa - info@deuitgeeffabriek.nl

providing location-specific content holds out
huge opportunities for journalists

20 tools

20 minutes to play
20 minutes to share

1. Vyclone

Vyclone is a social video
platform that lets you cocreate, sync and edit
multiple views of a shared
moment


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QtK870UhPI&feature=share&list=UU4yJ1ipZzUp8ysWZnTB4oug


2. Banjo

Banjo is a way to explore
what’s happening
anywhere in the world
right now.


3. Highlig.ht

Highlight runs in the
background, surfacing
information about the
people around you


4. Geocaching

geocaching is the realworld treasure hunt that's
happening right now, all
around you


http://www.youtube.com/user/GoGeocaching


5. Klikaklu
a way to create and play
outdoor treasure and
scavenger hunts using
pictures from your
phone's camera and GPS


6. Repudo
drop all kinds of
multimedia like a text, a
photo, a video or an audio
message at any location
you like


7. Ustream

stream live video


8. Onvert

design in 3D using
accessible augmented
reality
no technical skills
necessary


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHbE52Zl6q8


9. Thinglink

easy tagging on photos or
images


10. AudioBoo

a mobile & web platform
that allows you to record
and share audio


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ybw1lkVDA


11. Tripline


13. Qwiki

one tap
turn your #hashtag in a
story to share


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvC-EaQxJW8


14. SCVNGR

social game; doing
challenges at places


15. AndroSensor


16. EveryTrail

write guide and review
trails you have done


17. Historypin

a global community
collaborating around
history


18. Zoek mijn vrienden

seek my friends


19. AppsBuilder

no coding skills required


http://www.youtube.com/user/appsbuildercom?feature=watch


20. Narrative - Memoto

a tiny, automatic camera
and app that gives you a
searchable and shareable
photographic memory
(app for free)


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