Hi, this is Kumi. I have iPhone 4S, and today I introduce the application in my iPhone, "The guide of shelter (避難所ガイド)". I installed this because of my father's recommendation.
This application give us the information we have to need when the
catastrophe (such as major earthquake) happens. The users can know where they should escape and what it happens and how their families are doing.
For example, when the large earthquake happens, this application uses GPS and search the shelter near from us. It show us not only where shelter is but also how high the shelter is. Maybe this information is more useful at the town near the sea than at the city. The high of shelter is important for escaping from TSUNAMI. We can see these information at anytime, so we should know where the shelter is before the large earthquake happens, I think.
After evacuation, if you want the official information, it shows you official twitter's account. When the disaster, everyone want to catch the information, so official homepage is more difficult to access than twitter. In this case, twitter is very useful.
And it introduce us how to contact to our family. Many people already know this, but there is a few people who don't know this. This information is useful for such people.
Fortunately, I've never been a situation this is necessary. However Japan is the country a lot of earthquakes happen. We should ready for catastrophes such as big earthquake. I recommend you this application "The guide of shelter".