On Jan 11, 8:10 pm, cratsch <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, but Google Latitude is definitely a web-app. Check out this > screenshots I just took:
That's because the capabilities are built into the operating system of the iPhone: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=136640 Note that it requires iPhone OS version 3.0+ With a Blackberry or a Windows phone you have to download and install special software. Anyway, this thread is now pretty much off topic for this group. -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- > > http://www.ratsch.net/screenshots/latitude.pnghttp://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/latitudeonyouriPhone. 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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