Top travel app helps create own “Been There” map

PanARMENIAN.Net - SpotWorld’s mobile travel guide is a location-aware iPhone application designed for place and itinerary discovery at over 500,000 places around the world. Users can fire up the app for quick, nearby spot checks, browse far-away destinations or popular itineraries, and build their own itineraries, Mashable reports.

Users can create, define and add to their itineraries as they browse, pulling from destination photo tours, popular itineraries or friends’ favorite places. These itineraries can be saved for personal use, published and shared with the SpotWorld community or shared with friends on Facebook.

SpotWorld also houses a number of subtle novelties, including a feature called “Been There.” Users can browse through the application and mark places they’ve been with the Been There button and build out a place history. The feature, says Chong, has been surprisingly popular with users, and so the startup recently added the ability for users to share their Been There maps with friends on Facebook.

Weeks old, SpotWorld has already netted Apple’s coveted approbation: It’s been featured on the homepage of the App Store in 61 countries and, at one point, was the top travel app in 12 countries.

The size of the app is 5.5mb. Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.