Most likely, the biggest problem with maps on the device verses online is licensing fees. Companies need to pay the map provider a fee per use. When the map is downloaded onto the iDevice, it counts as one continuous, ongoing use. When a person accesses the map online, the use is only counted whilst the map is being accessed. So, the company merely needs to pay for the maximum simultaneous uses, a significantly smaller number. Also, if the data being accessed is just a part of the total available data, the fees are even lower.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 14/04/2013, at 20:56, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Apple uses similar branding to refer to other products, such as the > iPod Classic and iPod Video, which don't have internet access. I don't > know off hand what the letter 'I' signifies in terms of branding but > it wouldn't refer to "internet." Keeping in mind that apps like > Navigon can already work without an internet connection, this doesn't > really have anything to do with it. It's an app developer's choice as > to whether or not maps are going to be stored locally, and I imagine > part of it is simply convenience and economical use of storage. For > example, Blindsquare can work almost anywhere in the world with no > need to download several gigabytes of maps first for offline storage. > There's a huge convenience there. But of course, that convenience > comes with a price which is that you can't use the app in question > without internet access. > > Grant > > On 4/13/13, Ari Moisio <ar...@iki.fi> wrote: >> Hi >> >> the 'i' in Iphone means internet so i doubpt this will change soon. >> >> >> >> -- >> mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS >> Lat: 62.38718, lon: 25.64672 >> hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net B784D020 >> 0C1F 6A76 DC9D DD58 3383 8B5D 0E76 9600 B784 D02 >> >> >> Grant Hardy kirjoitti >>> Subject: Re: GPS program info needed >>> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:05:24 -0700 >>> From: Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> >>> Correct, BlindSquare, Ariadne, Apple Maps, and every other navigation >>> software that I know of that announces crossed streets relies on a >>> cellular data connection to get the maps in realtime. This is >>> something I hope will change one day. >>> >>> Grant >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
