It essentially replaces telling someone verbally where you are. For breakdown assistance they can now get the customer's exact location without that person needing an app or trying to describe their location. The same goes for delivery or emergency.
Not needing an app to share location to a requester is cool. I didn't immediately get that this was what the app was for either - the fact that the user doesn't need an app is hidden from the frontpage under the 'more' link. I think if I wasn't motivated to find out what this was for I would have just skipped on to something else. Would suggest amending the frontpage so that users are bashed over the head with this right from the get-go.
If you're referring to the credits, 1 credit is a single API call, 50 credits for an API call including an SMS send (as it costs more). So the free tier should have ample credits for some decent testing or even for production (5000 credits). See pinlogic.co/pricing for more
Super interesting, especially if this makes it easy to share your location via any app. How does the API work? Is there a cost for developers? What is your vision regarding distribution?
The API is essentially taking a crude geolocation processes and refining it into something more useful. It shouldn't cost anything until the usage gets quite high. We're aiming to have it embedded into breakdown/delivery/emergency job management systems.
Very easy! You just need to make a Http request to our server. You'll need a web hook to receive a location (or you can get it sent to an email address for testing)
Interesting concept. Does it require the receiver to have google maps (or similar play services) installed to view locations or is it entirely browser based?
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