I would be willing to try OpenMaps at some point and thank you for
creating it!
However, I can't install new iPhone apps currently (1- must delete
others & music I don't want; 2 - I'm locked out of iTunes since my
account was hacked recently and haven't bothered yet to get it
restored; 3 - need new cable to connect to my computer; 4 - must boot
computer into windows since iTunes is unavailable for ubuntu). Thus
need super motivation before I install anything new. :/
The offline maps feature looks great and is probably the biggest
selling point. It may motivate me enough to try the app before I go to
Europe or some place. In the reviews, I do see people complaining
that the offline maps don't work. Has this been fixed? Make this a
really solid and useful feature, and I think more people would try
OpenMaps.
For OpenMaps, not sure I really care about the tweet feature. (Tweet
enough about OSM & do foursquare but only share location w/ friends
and not Twitter)
For editing OSM and adding pois, I'm also interested. Though already
have and use mapzen poi collector and happy enough with it. Who knows
how long Cloudmade will be around or how much they will put into
improving it. So a good alternative would be nice to have and maybe
OpenMaps is it.
Another question is what's the difference between the free and the non-
free app? It's not clear from the descriptions.
I would be happy to give more feedback once I get the app... won't be
immediate but sometime in the next 6 months.
Cheers
Katie
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 19, 2010, at 3:18 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Well, in my case, I hadn't responded because I have a BlackBerry
Storm rather than an iPhone.
-------Original Email-------
Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Released: OpenMaps for iOS v4.0. An idea how
toincrease OSM awareness.
From :mailto:[email protected]
Date :Sat Dec 18 16:28:54 America/Chicago 2010
Wasn't expecting so poor reception on behalf of the OSM community. No
one commented on the idea of sharing and checking into OSM places on
Twitter with OpenMaps for iOS to increase OSM awareness.
Does this mean that you don't have an iDevice? Don't use Twitter?
Don't like the app? Or just don't find this idea a good one? Or am I
missing something?
Best regards,
Zsombor Szabo
IZE, Ltd. - http://izeize.com/
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 22:46, Zsombor Szabó <[email protected]> wro
te:
Today we released OpenMaps version 4.0 in Apple's App Store. It is
a free
map app based on OpenStreetMap and we believe it is the best. It is
as slick
as the built-in (Google) Maps application and if you ever used Maps
on an
iPhone you know that it's not a little thing to say.
But this is not the reason why I am writing this email.
I believe in OpenStreetMap. I really do. I want it to be the de
facto map
that everyone uses and I think most of you feel the same way. I
also believe
that OpenStreetMap is not getting the deserved user attention that
we want
it to receive. I think I have a solution how we could expose it to
more
users with OpenMaps for iOS.
How? Just launch OpenMaps, find your favorite bar/pub/restaurant/
etc. on the
map, tap on it (yes, in contrast with Maps you can tap on POI icons
in
OpenMaps without needing to search for them; innovative, isn't it?)
and send
out a checkin tweet. A typical tweet will look like this:
http://twitter.com/#!/zssz/statuses/7396822796476416
Isn't Foursquare, Gowalla and now Facebook doing something similar
you ask?
Exactly. And look how popular they are. I believe that tweeting
(checking
in, commenting, etc.) about OSM POIs is a great way to increase OSM
awareness. And it is a great way to share places with friends as
when users
tap on an openmaps:// link they will be shown the respective OSM
element in
OpenMaps (if they have the app installed on their device). They can
even
follow the recent Twitter conversation about an OSM element within
the app.
So if they want to share with the public that they serve amazing
coffee at
openmaps://n/957085286 then they can do that easily.
I am enthusiastic about this and encourage you to adopt this
because I
really think it is a great idea to increase OSM awareness. Maybe it
will
catch on, maybe not. It all depends on the critical mass.
Best regards,
Zsombor Szabo, CEO
IZE, Ltd.
P.S. for OSM Announce list members: If you have questions or have
feedback,
then reply on the (cced) OSM talk list.
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