@Andy – excellent idea for extending this kind of app – I would love to see a list of restaurants and groceries that had local produce, and amounts / additional information.

I think simply making an app with a group wiki could pull this off. Having qr codes and location awareness would make it easier. I have seen some news stories with Diane Sawyer talking about stuff being made in the usa – perhaps a database or wiki could be started with that information. IF google ever releases the “take a phone pic for instant search and recognize-ability” thing, having that kind of technology to take a picture, identify, and pull pertinent info from the, let’s call it “Made Where” app or something…
It wouldn’t have to be a “made in the USA” app -but more of a “made where” app. I wonder what percentage of the new Nissan leaf will be made in the USA, with production and battery production happening in Smyrna TN soon, what percentage of parts are coming from here. I’d love to have similar info about the food in the area as well.
What a great project this would be for the world.

@Wade – ROFL

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cooloy.OilChangeSchedule&feature=search_result

The database will be lacking unless you let your users help populate it. Once someone finds something that is (supposedly) made in the USA, they should scan the barcode and GPS location/store location and upload it to your database for you to investigate/verify.

I would buy this app today.

Similarly, I would like an app that shows me where I can buy local food and merchandise, not jut USA.

My startup, Maintaino, is a web-based preventive maintenance reminder app. It’s fairly generic, but should work well for car maintenance based on mileage. I’ve thought about just the sort of direct car/phone integration you described, but unfortunately getting electronic odometer readings from the car’s onboard computer currently requires custom hardware, and the protocol isn’t fully standardized.

As an alternative, though, I believe it should be possible to use the phone’s camera to OCR the odometer reading and then transmit that back to Maintaino. That method should work on any type of vehicle (cars, airplanes, boats, etc).