LA-based HipGeo launched a new version of its iPhone app that makes it super-easy for travelers to track, document and share their trips. Available as a free download, the application is designed to let users post text, places and photos which are recorded, organized and displayed around a user’s travels or places graph.
Some of the “blogging-friendly” updates to the app include:
- A completely new blogging format with enhanced photo and map displays.
- Crowd sourced “place blogs”.
- New approach for users to consume all the travel content publicly uploaded to HipGeo, including content tagged as “nearby,” “featured” and “interesting.”
- New ability to follow other members of the HipGeo community, including trips in progress.
- New on-the-fly editing, sharing and privacy controls.
- Photo and location caching to record posts that are uploaded when user returns to higher signal or Wi-Fi areas.
- More effective passive “always-on” tracking, which can work in the background even without a cellular signal.
The original HipGeo app was launched in September 2011, allowing users to record and share their trips through Facebook, Twitter, email, text or with an embedded HipGeo player on their blogs or web sites…
HipGeo (FREE) [iTunes link]