[Talk-ca] OSM apps for iOS devices

[Dan Charrois]

Hi Guillaume.

Full disclosure first, since I wrote it.  But an option for offline viewing for the iPhone/iPad/iPod is "Mapster" (http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/mapster/id409304946?mt=8&uo=4).  It couples topographic data (hillshading and contours) with OpenStreetMap data, and caches tiles rendered by our servers "semi-intelligently" (it checks for updates on cached tiles periodically, but otherwise keeps them on your device indefinitely if the space you allocate for caching is adequate.. otherwise, it removes tiles that haven't been used in awhile).  All that's "behind the scenes" though, so the user doesn't have to worry about those details.

I wrote it for my own uses when I couldn't find anything appropriate for back-country hiking I like to do, far out of the range of cell towers.  And surprise of surprises, it seems like I wasn't the only one looking for something like that, since it's done fairly well.

Dan

On 2013-May-14, at 7:07 AM, Guillaume Pratte wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> In preparation for the upcoming OSM workshop in Montreal, I would like to have the advice of people using iPhones and such on the best OpenStreetMap applications available.
> 
> What do you use to browse the map?
> Are there applications that allow you to download data offline?
> What do you use to record GPS tracks and to upload them to OSM?
> 
> Your replies will help me suggest good iOS apps to the attendees of the workshop.
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