Wiki Dinosaurs app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Sutro Media
First release : 13 Feb 2012
App size: 26.44 Mb
••• Best Dinosaur app •••
140 of the coolest dinosaurs with hundreds of high quality photos to help you and your children explore the fascinating world of Dinosaurs. Share pictures and facts via email. Dont forget to bookmark your favorite dinosaurs so you and your loved ones can find them quickly and easily. Jump from one dinosaur to the next with the help of built in hotlinks or by pulling the screen up or down when viewing a Dino article.
Read through interesting Dino facts who lived all around the world. You can see where individual dinosaurs lived or you can explore all 140 dinosaurs in a world map view.
You are more of a search person? No problem, just use our built in search engine so you can narrow down the dinosaur list quickly. Try keywords like Jurassic, carnivore, or giant.
Please join us on Facebook(keyword: Wiki Dinosaurs) and tell us about your favorite dinos. Tell us what other dinosaurs you would like to see in the app so we add them as we go.
Key features:
- 150 dinosaurs
- over 700 high quality photos and slide show feature
- Built in search engine
- Direct link to relevant Wikipedia pages
- Built in maps and views
- Location aware, calculates the distance from your location to the location the dinosaur was discovered
All materials and photos are courtesy of Wikimedia Foundation.
Thanks to Wikipedia authors, many photographers and Open Street Maps contributors for their diligence and generosity - and special thanks to Daniel Schwen for the icon photograph!
••• About the Author •••
Houman Forood is a father and technologist who currently lives in San Francisco. He has published TJ Goodie Finder and San Francisco Cheap Eats apps for Apple iPhone and iPad.
His son, Cameron was the inspiration to come up with Wiki Dinosaurs app since he couldnt find any good app in the store that satisfied little Camerons hunger for Dinosaurs. Houman made sure the app has plenty of dinosaurs with good quality pictures so all children like Cameron can keep on playing and ask questions.
••• About Sutro Media •••
This guide is published in partnership with Sutro Media. By enabling local writers to share their expertise on mobile phones, Sutro Media is making it easier and more fun to explore the world!
If you have any problems, comments, or suggestions for improvement, wed love to hear from you - letusknow@sutromedia.com