brownie0486
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Any updates on the annon app being updated to be able to find nearest help from your location?
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Any updates on the annon app being updated to be able to find nearest help from your location?
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Any updates on the app being able to find members based on distance?
When people report that that function is working properly, I'll download the app. Until then it's the Anon book.
The app lets you filter by codes.
The listings in the app will be updated four times a year.
Plus, since both the book and the app are sorted by state, the distance listing would likely still not cross state borders so you're still going to have to switch states
If they add the distance option I sure hope the app is smart enough to cross state lines.
As would I, but I suspect for that to work properly one would need to delete or suppress the state-by-state listing/sorting, or at least do as I mentioned and make that a selectable option or branching point. The state sorting is really a throwback to the paper book anyway, where a sort/display method that worked in conjunction with a map was needed and “sort by distance” was up to the end user. And keeping that sorting basis was likely the fastest way to getting an app up, running, and out the door. And I’m sure that had the developers ditched that and gone straight to “sort by distance” there’d have been an outburst from long-time users used to state-by-state sorting. That change-resistant attitude is still evidenced today in “I will continue to use only the dead-tree version because the app lacks perfection in that it doesn’t sort by distance”, while the app today functions exactly as did the dead-tree version—look up the state, consult your map, check the locations and listings, and start contacting. The app is just a faster, more current and more easily packable way of getting to the help you need or want.
One thing I know for sure, tho—the young riders coming up aren’t interested in packing a physical book. The tools they use run on phones and tablets, and they expect them to run well and be regularly updated. Hand them a physical book and you’ll get the same toss-away reaction as the “socks” scene in the movie “A Christmas Story.” Let’s hope that BMWMOA and the developers keep working on the app and bring it up to full potential—including distance sorting.
Best,
DeVern
So I downloaded the app, asking for username and password. I plug my username here in with my password, won't take it.
It should. I just logged out of the app. Then logged back in with my MOA credentials.
Try logging out of the forum, refreshing your browser, and logging back in to verify that the username and password is working. If it gets you into the forum it should work on the app as well. iPhone or Android?
Best,
DeVern
I left a message last Friday morning about not receiving my new membership card as it's been 3 weeks, and no one has called back.
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Android, I'll log out and back in, we'll give that a try.
Thanks
The following steps is how I'm using the app. Let me know if I'm doing anything wrong.
I open the app and it shows Iowa.
Tap Iowa, then tap Use Current Location
Tap Ok
Tap BMW MOA Anonymous
This gets me a alphabetical list of towns in Iowa. It does not show a list based on distance from me.
Next I try filter by codes and select a few codes, then tap Search Anonymous.
This give me a list but it's not in order by distance from me or does it show members not far from me in Missouri.
In the future will the app show all results based on distance from my current location?
I downloaded the app. It looks good. I have a few questions. How often are the contacts updated? I was looking to see how I am listed, but could not locate myself, nor did I find a way in the app to see my preferences. Granted, I selected them when I renewed. Now, I did rejoin in June of last year, so it's possible that there's a delay in my info showing up depending on how often the information is updated. I'm also wondering if my information is excluded from the list to display more relevant information.