SWISSVIEW vs LocateMeUp

Switzerland like you have never seen it before. Now you can easily and quickly download SWISSVIEW’s spectacular helicopter footage to your iPhone. For the first time the full range of films broadcast by Swiss Television via its HD channel is available in HD quality. The map feature and detailed subtitling make orientation easy. In more than 1,600 films you will experience Switzerland from a breath-taking perspective. Glide over inaccessible peaks, hidden valleys, busy cities, glistening lakes, and idyllic corners in low-level flight – whenever and wherever you want. Every film comes with interesting and useful information on the overflown regions and places. Enjoy the timeless beauty of SWISSVIEW films – and let them take you to another sphere. The soundtrack, especially composed by renowned musician Nik Bärtsch, adds a stunning meditative effect. Using the GPS positioning tool, you can see immediately which films in your vicinity or in the region of your choice are ready for easy download – sorted by regions, categories and bestsellers. Offer and features: -Over 1,600 films -All of Switzerland’s regions: Berne|Mittelland, North-western Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Grisons, Lake Geneva Region, Ticino, Valais, Central Switzerland and Zurich -13 categories: mountains, castles and palaces, villages and mountain villages, glaciers, golf courses, churches and convents, landscapes, mountain passes, lakes and rivers, attractions, cities, valley, traffic -Interactive Swiss map (Google Maps) -Filtered by regions, places, categories and bestsellers -HTTP streaming -Easy and quick film downloads in HD (High Definition) or SD (Standard Definition) and thus available any time -Show or hide detailed subtitles for each film -GPS positioning -Access to purchased films from up to three devices -Film length: approx. 3 minutes -Footage from 1997 – 2006 in Standard Definition (SD) -Footage after 2007 in High Definition (HD) -Music especially composed for SWISSVIEW films (Nik Bärtsch) -Plenty of interesting information about each film -Smooth scrolling and zooming

LocateMeUp is an iPhone application that I wrote to help a friend of mine. He takes the bus every business day at 6 am and travels 120km to work in Sao Paulo (Brazil). As some of you may know, Sao Paulo traffic is chaotic and a 120km trip can take between 1 to 3 hours, which makes a time based alarm system not effective at all. Instead, we came up with the idea to wake him up based on his location, so he could sleep comfortably in the bus and forget about the traffic for a while. Have you ever missed a bus or train stop? LocateMeUp can help you too! You just have to select and add your alarm location on the map, then let LocateMeUp do the rest for you. Give it a try!