QuakeFeed – Review
By App Type: Uncategorized
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By: Artisan Global LLC
Version #: 1.0
Date Released: 2010-11-30
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Price: 0.00
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In the wake of the recent and most tragic earthquake and tsunami tragedy in Japan, global awareness of the destructive power of natural disasters was reawakened. People took to their encyclopedias (if they still have those) and, far more probably, to social media channels to educate and enlighten them about the harsher side of Mother Nature. Within the iPhone community, apps like QuakeFeed, which deal with data about natural calamities, especially earthquakes, garnered a sudden boost in downloads.
QuakeFeed is by default a list display of earthquake occurrences around the world within the past seven days, including the past several minutes, with greater than 2.5 magnitude. You may sort this list by date, by magnitude, or by distance from your current location.
A number of options are available in the settings section to overrule the app’s default state. Instead of a list display, you can opt to view an ESRI-powered map display, where quakes are marked with dots color-coded and sized to reflect their individual magnitudes and which supports a variety of display modes, including street map, satellite imagery, shaded relief map, and physical map. You also have the ability to set the minimum magnitude of quakes to be displayed, with the highest minimum setting being 6.0.
Whether on list or map display, tapping on a quake location will bring you to a screen showing the details of the tremor. On the details screen you’ll see the time of occurrence and its exact coordinates on the globe above a map initially centered on the spot where the quake happened. You can easily pan along and zoom on this map to your liking.
And since we’re in the age of social media, QuakeFeed will be very remiss to not include a sharing feature. Fortunately, it does, having the ability to share data about earthquakes anywhere in the world through Facebook and Twitter as they happen, when they happen.
Quick Take
Value:Medium.
Would I Buy Again:It?s free.
Learning Curve:Low.
Who Is It For:People interested in up-to-the-minunte earthquake data.
What I Like:The easy-to-operate interface. Social media sharing. Feature-packed mapping capabilities. Live earthquake data.
What I Don't Like:Crashes every now and then.
Final Statement:QuakeFeed is up-to-the-minute and up-to-task.
BASIC FEATURES
*All world quakes > 2.5 magnitude for past week.
*Quakes displayed in a list or on a map.
*Drill down to quake details view:
---Map zooms to quake location
---Magnitude, time, lat/long, distance, depth
---Link to quake details on USGS website
* Social media integration - share via:
INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE
*Map symbols color-coded / sized by magnitude.
*Quake list color-coded by magnitude.
*Sort list by date, magnitude, or distance from current location.
*Filter list or map by magnitude.
*Specify units for distance (km or miles).
*All screens work in portrait or landscape mode.
ENHANCED MAPPING CAPABILITIES
*Six different basemap options:
---Street Map
---Satellite Imagery
---Shaded Relief Map
---Physical Map
---Terrain Map
---Topographic Map
*Pinch to zoom / drag to pan.
*One touch zoom in / two touch zoom out.
