OK, you guys are always so good at recommending really cool things back to me. Well here’s your chance. I’m not sure if it exists, but if it does you guys will probably find it and if not, then I want someone to write it!
The “Meet Me Halfway” iPhone app
There are times when you’re meeting someone to complete an eBay/online transaction, or you’re meeting a friend or a colleague and you simply want to pick a place that is half way between your location and theirs. So it would really be cool if there was an iPhone app that would allow you to use your current location and an address that you enter (or one picked from your Contacts) and then show you the halfway point on the map. Once it found the halfway point, it could then tell you the public places in that area (restaurants, coffee shops, gas station, mall, bars, parks, etc.) – like the AroundMe and iWant apps do. You would then pick a place and email or SMS that location to the other person so they would have the directions on how to get there from their location. Of course the place you picked should also be routable for you via the Maps app as well.
It doesn’t sound like it should be all that hard to have an app that does this, yet I’ve only been able to find one app so far called “InBetween” and I just don’t like the way it works. First off it requires that both parties have an iPhone and the InBetween app and an account on their website. Need I go further? It’s just way too much to go through for this relatively simple task.
As a matter of fact, here’s a cool website that finds the midpoint between two places today. So give me this with things in the area of the midpoint as an iPhone app and we’re there!
So that’s what I want! If it exists, let us know in the comments below. If there are any iPhone app developers out there reading this, how about it? This would be an App that I’d pay for.
Terry, I have an app idea also.
It’s so basic that I wonder if it already exists.
I would like to have my iphone contacts with address show up on a map that is near my current location. Seems simple enough. Also allow the group function to work to only plot out the contacts in a particular group. It would be your own personalized AroundMe or Iwant app. What do you think?
Rick,
sounds good!
Hi Rick,
There’s an app for that: is called dPlaces and does what you need and much more.
Check it out at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dplaces-see-contacts-close-to-next/id333234413?mt=8
Terry,
I ran across “Midway” in the App Store the other day. It seems similar to what you are looking for, but I haven’t tried it.
Brian! Thanks Midway definitely looks like it might be the one. The only problem is whether or not it also lets you enter a manual address for those times you want to meet someone who’s not in your Contacts. Worse case you could create a temporary contact, but it would be great to have a manual entry option too.
http://is.gd/Cm0w
Terry,
May I use your iPhone app idea and develop it? Contact me for your cut of the pie :).
Hi there Terry,
Yes, it does exist! The new app – MeetMe – does exactly what you are looking for. Look for it on itunes at http://www.itunes.com/apps/MeetMe. (include the period). The app uses the Yelp! database for its results and you can email the final meeting place to yourself and a friend (i.e. both people don’t have to have an iPhone). You can also choose result closer to your starting point or ending point by using a slider bar.
Carrie
I also have a great idea for an iphone application. I believe this app could be in the top ten in the application store. I don’t know how to create an app so i was hoping someone would either buy the idea, help me create the app, or just cut me in a certain percent of the profit when the application is up on the store.
If you can help contact me at firedude22889@aol.com
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