Saturday, May 05, 2012

LocationServices for Windows Phone: example of an application using parts of the framework

My second wild creation is waiting certification approval at the moment, that however hasn’t stopped me from completing the next version of it: Stockholm Explorer v1.1.

The original v1.0 version combines POI information from the city of Stockholm and Nokia Places, giving easy access to addresses, phone numbers etc. But that’s about it. While waiting for the approval of it I decided to add some more functionality, and thus the addition of Twitter, Flickr & CommuteGreener to the framework.

In the new 1.1 version not only will you get information such as phone numbers, opening hours, addresses etc, but you’ll also get Flickr photos from the vicinity of the location, as well as nearby tweets and a Co2 emission calculation based on different forms of transport to reach the location.

Consider this screenshot a sneak preview of the next version of Stockholm Explorer for Windows Phone that will be available.. well.. soon after the 1.0 version is made available.

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LocationServices framework parts used:

  • Usoniandream.WindowsPhone.LocationServices.Stockholm
  • Usoniandream.WindowsPhone.LocationServices.Nokia
  • Usoniandream.WindowsPhone.LocationServices.Twitter
  • Usoniandream.WindowsPhone.LocationServices.Flickr
  • Usoniandream.WindowsPhone.LocationServices.Commute

The framework libraries, source code and sample app are all on GitHub: https://github.com/peterdrougge/Usoniandream.WIndowsPhone.LocationServices

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