On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Joe Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone who has played with an iPhone will have seen the Google maps > application, which provides much of the functionality of the Javascript web > app, while giving quite a good tactile feel.... It also uses wireless > triangulation - or if available, GPS - to show search results for things that > are near you. > > Is there any project to create a similar application for the iPhone that uses > OSM maps and data sources? I think it would be an excellent way to introduce > OSM to people who have never seen it... I would imagine the existing > functionality of the Google Maps application, plus maybe the ability to do > some small-scale editing such as adding nodes for things like amenities while > you're out and about... > > Searching for existing apps showed me that some people have stuffed some > openstreetmap tiles into the GMap application on the iPhone (basically a > hack, replacing the cached tiles) - but that isn't the same as having global > coverage, and making the app available via the AppStore (or iTunes) would > present a huge new audience. >
This is all hoping that Apple deem you worthy of course, and that they don't see it as a threat to a built-in income stream. Dave-the-eternally-suspicious-of-engineered-monopolies _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
