iGGIS
There is another GIS app in the US iTunes store. iGGIS is a an app for the Netherlands that seems to be a GIS without a map, using your location to grab local textual information. Translated from iTunes:
Do you find it so difficult to find information about a town? iGGIS is a smartphone application that makes it easier for you in the municipal Web information. Through its simple interface you quickly find the information you are looking for. IGGIS The name stands for “interactive Municipal Geographic Information System”. The app is in an interactive manner, based on geographic coordinates, community information display. The application is accessible in all 431 municipalities of the Netherlands (rural area).
If you are in the Netherlands check it out and let us know what you think of the app in the comments.
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I just installed it on my iPhone and it’s a very basic application that on startup uses your current location to detect in which municipality you are located. Then they display public information about this municipality, like the amount of residents, who’s the mayor and in what province it is. You are also able to manually select any of the Dutch municipalities from a list.
Next to this information it also shows some other information municipalities open up to the public like if they give out permits or if there is local government news.
All in all, not that useful for day to day use, and definitely not innovative 🙁