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jett4th
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07/28/11 04:39 PM (14 years ago)

can an app notify you of your location when you walk into a store like send you a text saying your at walmart...???

please let me know if you have any ideas. im very lost when it comes to this, but i just know i have a wicked idea for an app???
 
Parker @ buzztouch
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07/28/11 10:51 PM (14 years ago)
Is it technically possible? Yes. Is Apple cool with it? I'm not sure, but I don't think so. Either way that feature isn't built into buztouch. You can however tweak the source code through you objective-c programming skills to accomplish this. Take a look through the documentation to see how a buzztouch app is built and functions. http://www.buzztouch.com/docs/v1.5/ Once you become more familiar with the functionality of a buzztouch app, you'll be able to ask more specific questions.
 
David @ buzztouch
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07/30/11 02:05 AM (14 years ago)
Very very difficult to pull this off. Constant polling of the users location is needed in order to send them a message at the appropriate time. Imaging driving down the street and getting all sorts of alerts for all sorts of 'deals' - tough sell. But, askign the user to check-in at the establishment is very common. Without user interaction you'll almost never bet this to work.
 
jett4th
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07/30/11 03:20 AM (14 years ago)
Thanks for the feed back guys. Well it wouldn't be every store just certain ones you would select or pick from a list say up to 10 places u shop at all the time. I don't know if that would make it any better. Also it wouldn't be so bad if u drove past it and it notified. Like I said I'm very ignorant when it comes to how this location tracking works. I figured I'd ask a million questions then dive in head first ya know...
 

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