Stop ignoring the GPS in your phone

06.10.2008

-- Use Flickpics, a kind of reverse photo geo-tagging. Instead of geo-tagging your photos to share with others, it lets you get the geo-tagged photos that others have posted on and shows them to you -- but just the photos taken in your current location.

-- Visit roadside attractions. World's Largest is the name of a widget that directs you to nutty roadside attractions.

-- Go to the beach. The Beaches widget gives you directions to the nearest beach.

-- Get drunk. Brewery finder helps you find an emergency beer location nearest you. The Pubwalk-Nightlife widget combines your GPS location with CitySearch and Google Maps to find nearby pubs and bars. An Irish Pubs widget directs you to the nearest Irish pub. Winery Finder takes you to the nearest winery.

-- Find whatever you want. The top of Where has a Google-like search box. Just type in what you want (say, "coffee"), and Where will show you all the places nearby where you can find it, starting with the closest.