What is around?

Geo-tag and augmented reality app allows you to explore places around you

"What is around?" geo-tag and augmented reality application allows you to explore

places around you current location or any map location at your choice all over the world.

To select a map location simply long-touch the map and the application will pin your

choice and start fetching data from the following sources: US Yellow Pages, City Search and Yelp businesses and places, Open Table bars and restaurants, Flickr, Instagram and Panoramio pictures, Twitter, Last.fm events, Foursquare and Wikipedia places, YouTube shared videos.

Touch a dropped data pin to see more details about a place.

Please note that the augmented reality camera mode is available only if your device has a rear camera.

Some tips & tricks

- To calibrate your device compass wave it several times around in a figure 8 pattern as shown below.

- Do not set radius too big for crowded places like big cities - your map and screen will be flooded with markers.

- Camera mode of the augmented reality is available only if your device has a rear camera, GPS location is enabled and the current location obtained with acceptable accuracy ~50m/yd.

- Instagram and Yelp data sources have 5km/3.1mi radius restriction in their API.

Disclaimer

Neither this application nor Northeast Smart Software, LLC has any affiliation with City Search, Flickr, Foursquare, Instagram, Open Table, Panoramio, Last.fm, Twitter, Wikipedia, US Yellow Pages, Yelp or YouTube.

This application uses the Instagram(tm) API and is not endorsed or certified by Instagram.

All Instagram(tm) logos and trademarks displayed on this application are property of Instagram.