eduroam Companion app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: The JNT Association
First release : 22 Dec 2011
App size: 77.93 Mb
eduroam (education roaming) is a worldwide network of secure network access for students and other members of the academic community, which allows members of participating institutions to gain internet connectivity when visiting other institutions.
The eduroam Companion app provides users with the locations eduroam-enabled institutions worldwide, allowing them to locate the nearest source of secure internet access.
When the app opens, users can see the locations of sites close to them either on a map, or in a list form with the distance to each site noted. Users can also search for a specific location, and get a a map view or list of institutions close to the location searched for, either by postal/zip code, town, or any other method supported by the maps API.
Information about each point on the map can be found, including an approximate street address (where available) the name of the institution powering it.
It can also supply directions to allow users to find the fastest route to an enabled institution.
The eduroam Companion app allows users to tag their current location as having eduroam access, allowing the database powering the app to be improved with more accurate information about the location of enabled institutions.
Latest reviews of eduroam Companion app for iPhone and iPad
eduroam is a great free hotspot system - but how do you find the nearest hotspot when youre offline? This app tells you with an offline database, without needing expensive 3G data roaming first. Great for people like me who travel a lot.
Tested this App in Germany in Frankfurt/Main and Cologne. Well, it displays the central office location of some(!) academic institutions on a map. BUT: - not granular to anything - not location-aware, does know nothing about faculties, departments or buildings - more omission than content What a pity.
Nice, but the new 4" retina display is not supported.
It could be quite useful, but because the database of institutions is not updated new sites cant add their locations.
The location pointer is not pointed correctly and the hole eduroam database is almost 3 years old. The new Institution wasnt listed there!