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'Foodspotting' App Crowdsources Delicious Dishes From Around the Globe

by Caleb Johnson on March 7, 2010 at 10:30 AM

It's a foodie's dream come true: photos of delicious dishes from restaurants spanning the globe, and maps that lead you to them. Best of all, it's right at your fingertips.

'Foodspotting' is a new iPhone application and Web site that functions as a user-generated travel guide for people who enjoy eating. It's a simple yet wonderful concept that asks you to snap a photo of particularly good grub with your iPhone. Using the free app, you upload the pic, describe the dish, and tag its location. If other folks like it, they can "Nom It," or place the food on a "Want It" list for future consumption. You can also sort food listed on the site by most recently added, highest rated and most desired. The site is still pretty new, so there aren't as many dishes to browse as we'd like, but the site has the potential to become an incredible repository of "food porn."

However, our favorite feature is the ability for users to compile guides. With South By Southwest coming up, we're particularly excited about the "Foodspotting" guide to street food in Austin. The app has a brief guide for the Texas capital right now (with larger entries for cities like New York), but we hope to contribute while roaming the city in a couple weeks. It's a tough job, we know, but somebody has to do it. [From: Foodspotting, via: Tech Crunch]

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