[talk-ph] Skobbler. OSM for iPhone

[Jim Morgan]

> The skobbler navigation application for iPhone is now available in the UK and Ireland. Skobbler uses data from the OpenStreetMap  Project (OSM) to display maps and directions on a user's device and supports the iPhone 3G and 3GS – it's likely the iPhone 4 will also be supported when it's released in the UK on the 24th of this month.
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> The navigation app, specifically aimed at mobile phones, features voice assisted turn-by-turn driving directions and support for pedestrian navigation with path visualisation. Users can choose from a top-down two dimensional (2D) map or a birds eye view, which the company considers 2.5D. Additionally, users can also submit bug reports for OSM maps from within skobbler and control iPod playback without leaving the app. When away from base, users can simply use the "take-me-home" option to have the program automatically calculate a route home from their current location.

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A similar mapping application for the iPhone is oMaps, which The H used to navigate around Paris at last year's Open World Forum. It too uses mapping data from the OpenStreetMap Project, but does not provide voice assisted turn-by-turn navigation. However, oMaps is able to download the OSM “tiles” which make up the map and store them.

More info:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Skobbler-brings-open-source-maps-to-UK-iPhones-1022113.html



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