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G-Park lets you bookmark your car 8 Jul 2008
Man, you don't know how much I wanted to call this post "Dude, where's my car?!"...Er..Anyway, Posimotion's G-Park iPhone application helps you keep track of where you're parked. It works like so:
- You park your car and hit the "Park Me!" button to take a GPS reading of your location
- You go off somewhere, do some stuff and, in the process, forget where you parked
- You hit the "Where Did I Park?" button, which brings up Google Maps along with turn-by-turn directions that will take you right back to your motor!
Hmmm...We like this app's single-minded focus on solving one (and only one) problem. However, if you're the type of person who regularly forgets where you've parked your car, then presumably you're the sort of person who will also forget to press the "Park Me!" button before leaving your car...Surely, the logical conclusion of this idea is to permanently plant a GPS device in your car, so that you can use your iPhone to find it whenever you want - without ever needing to explicitly "bookmark" it?.
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4 comments so far
Ruairi Galavan 9 Jul 2008 01:25 PM
A more likely scenario where this might be useful is;
on arriving in a new city, you have taken a taxi to your hotel and your ready to explore. Park me! Then your free to wander the city without having to fret about where you are headed and how you will get back. Even more useful if you have had a few pints!
Simon 9 Jul 2008 02:26 PM
@Ruairi: Good point - although I still have my doubts as to whether you would remember to launch the application and hit "Park me!" in these situations.
Sarah Lipman 9 Jul 2008 07:38 PM
I like the idea... in fact, I had it a little while back! :.) http://www.reallysarahsyndication.com/2007/12/23/carfinder/
Tamlyn 10 Jul 2008 10:47 AM
But the GPS probably wouldn't work indoors in airport multi-story carparks which, in my experience, is the most common place to lose a car. (That and Glastonbury)