CamperMate

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CamperMate is a mobile application used for travelling around New Zealand and Australia. The app is free and uses GPS to find nearby Points Of Interest (POI) such as public toilets, dump-stations, accommodation, rubbish bins, local travel tips and more.

CamperMate was launched in 2011 during the Rugby World Cup when an estimated 133,000 tourists visited New Zealand,{{Cite web |url=http://www.idealog.co.nz/blog/2011/09/campermates-quest-clean-countryside |title=Campermate's quest to clean up the countryside :: Idealog :: the magazine and website of New Zealand creative business, ideas and innovation |access-date=2013-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091721/http://www.idealog.co.nz/blog/2011/09/campermates-quest-clean-countryside |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=dead }} many travelling in campervans.[http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/campervans-being-snapped-up-rugby-world-cup-4266627 Campervans being snapped up for Rugby World Cup – National News | TVNZ] The app collects data from official sources, and also crowd sources new locations; once approved, these are added to the app.{{cite news|title=Review of the New Zealand CamperMate iPhone App|url=http://www.tourismindustryblog.co.nz/2013/05/review-of-the-campermate-iphone-app|accessdate=2014-04-04|newspaper=Tourism Industry Blog|date=May 20, 2013}}

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Further reading

  • [http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/8706060/App-helps-travellers-spend-a-penny App helps travellers spend a penny]. Stuff.co.nz.
  • [http://www.stoppress.co.nz/blog/2011/09/mobile-homes-meet-mobile-phones-as-campermate-tries-to-clean-up-the-countryside Mobile homes meet mobile phones as Campermate tries to clean up the countryside]. Stop Press. (part of the Tangible Media network)
  • [http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/193964999-smartphone-app-cleans-up-freedom-campers Smartphone app cleans up freedom campers]. Newstalk ZB.