I don't really see how you can expect the iPhone SDK to have this feature --- considering the fact that apple does not have any form of mapping service. Also if you take a quick look over at the Maps API you could just create your own equivalent of a MapView using WebKit without to much work. -Nick On 4/23/08, Biosopher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just posted this in the Dev Group but found it so compelling that I > wanted to pass this info onto others. > > Yes...you read this post's title correctly. The iPhone SDK lacks the > basic mapping API required by application developers hoping to tie the > mobile experience to a geo-specific location. The only mapping > function provided by the iPhone SDK is to send a URL to the iPhone's > built-in Google map application and to let Google handle the rest. > > I learned this while researching the iPhone SDK in comparison to the > Android OS. I wanted to determine how difficult it would be to port > Pocket Journey to the iPhone. As it turns out, the port could never > happen as it couldn't for the majority of the apps submitted to the > Android Challenge. > > If you want, you can read more about this discovery here: > blog.pocketjourney.com. > > Cheers, > Biosopher > > > > >
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