AMBER Alert iPhone app

It’s not all that often that an iPhone app that was made especially to save lives comes along. That’s why it is refreshing to see the AMBER Alert app, created by developer Jonathan Zdziarski.

For those not familiar with it, AMBER alert is a child abduction alert bulletin in the United States and Canada, as well as other countries, issued by the authorities upon the suspected abduction of a child and kept in one centralized database.

AMBER Alert iPhone app is an official application for this missing children database. It provides a real-time feed of recent alerts, including victim photos and information, suspect photos and descriptions, vehicle photos and descriptions, and a reporting mechanism allowing you to report a sighting.

The iPhone’s GPS is used to include your current GPS position with your sighting report, allowing AMBERalert.com to create a geographical search radius based on the number and pattern of reports in a specific location. This provides for smarter policing and can help filter false positives. The information is forwarded to the appropriate state patrol barracks where it can be responded to in a much faster fashion than traditional phone call screening.

As you can see, this is a very useful iPhone app that can potentially help you save lives. It was already submitted into the AppStore by its creator and should appear there soon, so keep an eye out for it. And in the meantime you can visit its official website for more information.

Tags: app, application, apps, appstore, Canada, GPS, iPhone, OS

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