GPS Mission: For once a free, fun and working GPS game
Today I reviewed GPS Mission on the iPhone, which is a GPS-based user-powered mobile game. Once registered the user can access or create missions around his locations. For instance, I saw that someone created a photo safari around my town. The goal of that particular mission was to find certain objects of interest, make photos and put them online. Within the player screen, the user sees his/her active mission and the walking distance to the next object or goal. Users can also collect trophies. On the map, all players locations are shown. I discovered that the community is truly spread all over the world.
Bottom line: All in all the game is programmed and structured very well and would be a great addition for all interactive mobile learning. What is especially great about the software is that Germany-based developer Orbster GmbH took the time to support the iPhone 3G, Nokia Symbian and Windows Mobile phones and not only “one of the above”. The mobiles obviously do need GPS or an external GPS device (via Bluetooth). The software is free and still currently marked as Beta.
Link: http://gpsmission.com/?_locale=en
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