Well, but Google Latitude is definitely a web-app. Check out this screenshots I just took:
http://www.ratsch.net/screenshots/latitude.png http://www.ratsch.net/screenshots/latitude2.png If that isn't mobile Safari, then what is it? And it's still much faster than any other website using the Maps API. So my question is still on :) On 11 Jan., 19:46, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > No, Google Maps for Mobile is a compiled application, and that's what > Latitude uses:http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/index_.html > (See the binaries for download at the bottom of that page) > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- > > On Jan 11, 7:13 pm, cratsch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11 Jan., 16:22, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Any ideas what makes Latitude so much faster? It's still a web-app, so > > > > No, it isn't. It doesn't run in a browser. It's a compiled > > > application. > > > You're saying it's possible to run compiled applications in Safari? > > Check outhttp://www.google.com/latitudeonyour iPhone. The map that > > is showing there is damn fast, but still in Safari. So at least it > > seems like a web-app. > > > Or go > > tohttp://maps.google.com/maps/m?mode=latitude&source=mgc#ll=53.556510,1... > > in your Firefox. (It's the same page I see on my iPhone after logging > > in.)
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