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.

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>
> 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
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> > 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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