[OSM-talk] Openstreetmap iPhone app

[John07]

Joe Richards schrieb:
> 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.
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> 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...
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I think Openstreetbugs would be better for this.
> 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.
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I thought of the same thing many times in the past. Such a app would be 
very cool.
There are also the some webapps for a slippy map, but the usability 
isn´t that good.
For ipod touch users like me a big cache would be very nice or a direct 
posibility to store some tiles for offline use. In the 2.0 version of 
the app maybe the developer could integrated some more osm-features like 
poi search or pedestrian routing. But rather start with only displaying 
maps and then integrate more and more.

So, is there any iphone developer out there? I´m sure the osm foundation 
would sponsor the apple registration fee so that the app could be 
available for free. Or maybe cloudmade could develope an app. It would 
give osm a lot of publicity.

Jonas