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BeenThere is in the process being renamed to iSpotr, there will be a little name confusion for a while.

Getting started with BeenThere

The idea of BeenThere is to keep track of places you been and things you have seen; to create a automatic organization of memorable places.This is done by using your iPhone to upload pictures together with bits of information that create a memory of the place and moment. As a single user you can benefit for this just by keeping you collection of images to remember. As a collective, users can learn about new places or become aware of things happening around them.

Let's got to the details. BeenThere has two parts a Web application (this web application) and an iPhone native app. The iPhone app is used to take pictures, add some extra info and upload, on the spot, the memo to the Web application. The Web application is in charge of keeping the memos organized, display and share them.

Installing BeenThere on your iPhone

To use BeenThere you will need a jailbreaked iPhone with Installer on it. On installer go to sources->Edit->add and add the source http://mazinger.cs.yale.edu/iphone-apps/index.xml (beware of iphone spelling correction, the URL is case sensitive). After refreshing the sources you will be able to find BeenThere under Multimedia.

Getting a key

At first, any memo you upload will be anonymous and will not be linked to you as a user. To get your pictures grouped and tagged as yours, you need to get a key. First go to the navigation bar on the left and follow the link "Get a key". Your personal key will be displayed there. You may need to log in using your google id first. Once you got your key, open BeenThere on your iPhone and go to the "Settings" section. Type in your key _exactly_ as given to you and "Save". From now on, pictures uploaded from that phone using BeenThere will be owned by you. That will allow you, for example, to display your pictures on your site or blog (see below). Having a key will also make that memos tagged as "Private" can only be seen by you.

Posting memos

Posting memos is easy. Open BeenThere on your iPhone, fill in the fields (the only required fields are Title and Picture) and press the green Post button at the bottom.

Facebook integration

BeenThere has some facebook integration features. You can add the BeenThere facebook application with this link:

http://www.facebook.com/add.php?api_key=a6151e7bfae4722e1f06c37d1c81fa11

The facebook Beenthere application will make your BeenThere posts to show up in the news feed. Also the pictures can be uploaded to your facebook photos.

Displaying your pictures on your site or blog

A cool thing to do is to dislplay your latest pictures in your website or blog. I do that in my personal blog so my friends (and sort of only readers of my blog) get a glimpse of what I'm up to. To do that you will need to insert some HTML in your site. What I do is to insert and iframe like:

<iframe src="http://geoplaces.appspot.com/embed?uid=fsaint" frameborder="no" height="100%" scrolling="no" width="280"> </iframe>

and that will display the last 5 pictures uploaded using BeenThere. fsaint is my google id (without the gmail part) and w is the with used to display the pictures. You can check the result on the left side of my blog http://j2me.bligoo.com

Application Status

At the moment both the Web application and the iPhone native app are in early stages of development. The bad side of that is that bugs and problems are to be expected. The good side is that if you would like new features or make things different, just send us an email and we may implement you request. We are keeping track of requests and bugs in out Bugs page.

BeenThere dev team(a.k.a. fsaint)

==News== BeenThere is in the process being renamed to iSpotr, there will be a little name confusion for a while. ==Getting started with BeenThere== The idea of BeenThere is to keep track of places you been and things you have seen; to create a automatic organization of memorable places.This is done by using your iPhone to upload pictures together with bits of information that create a memory of the place and moment. As a single user you can benefit for this just by keeping you collection of images to remember. As a collective, users can learn about new places or become aware of things happening around them. Let's got to the details. BeenThere has two parts a Web application (this web application) and an iPhone native app. The iPhone app is used to take pictures, add some extra info and upload, on the spot, the memo to the Web application. The Web application is in charge of keeping the memos organized, display and share them. ==Installing BeenThere on your iPhone== To use BeenThere you will need a jailbreaked iPhone with Installer on it. On installer go to sources->Edit->add and add the source http://mazinger.cs.yale.edu/iphone-apps/index.xml (beware of iphone spelling correction, the URL is case sensitive). After refreshing the sources you will be able to find BeenThere under Multimedia. ==Getting a key== At first, any memo you upload will be anonymous and will not be linked to you as a user. To get your pictures grouped and tagged as yours, you need to get a key. First go to the navigation bar on the left and follow the link "Get a key". Your personal key will be displayed there. You may need to log in using your google id first. Once you got your key, open BeenThere on your iPhone and go to the "Settings" section. Type in your key _exactly_ as given to you and "Save". From now on, pictures uploaded from that phone using BeenThere will be owned by you. That will allow you, for example, to display your pictures on your site or blog (see below). Having a key will also make that memos tagged as "Private" can only be seen by you. ==Posting memos== Posting memos is easy. Open BeenThere on your iPhone, fill in the fields (the only required fields are Title and Picture) and press the green Post button at the bottom. ==Facebook integration== BeenThere has some facebook integration features. You can add the BeenThere facebook application with this link: {{{ http://www.facebook.com/add.php?api_key=a6151e7bfae4722e1f06c37d1c81fa11 }}} The facebook Beenthere application will make your BeenThere posts to show up in the news feed. Also the pictures can be uploaded to your facebook photos. ==Displaying your pictures on your site or blog== A cool thing to do is to dislplay your latest pictures in your website or blog. I do that in my personal blog so my friends (and sort of only readers of my blog) get a glimpse of what I'm up to. To do that you will need to insert some HTML in your site. What I do is to insert and iframe like: {{{ <iframe src="http://geoplaces.appspot.com/embed?uid=fsaint" frameborder="no" height="100%" scrolling="no" width="280"> </iframe> }}} and that will display the last 5 pictures uploaded using BeenThere. fsaint is my google id (without the gmail part) and w is the with used to display the pictures. You can check the result on the left side of my blog [[http://j2me.bligoo.com]] ==Application Status== At the moment both the Web application and the iPhone native app are in early stages of development. The bad side of that is that bugs and problems are to be expected. The good side is that if you would like new features or make things different, just send us an email and we may implement you request. We are keeping track of requests and bugs in out [[Bugs]] page. BeenThere dev team(a.k.a. fsaint)