[OSM-talk] iPad app

[SteveC]

The problem with a remote app is that connectivity will really, really suck while you're out wandering around with an ipad. You'll be hopping cell towers, going on to broken wifi networks and half the time things will be very slow or timeout. It strikes me it'll be easier to handle all that in a native app than JS, but feel free to prove me wrong.


On Aug 21, 2010, at 10:09 AM, bernhard zwischenbrugger wrote:

> Am 20.08.10 21:17, schrieb John Smith:
>> On 21 August 2010 05:12, bernhard zwischenbrugger<bz at datenkueche.com>  wrote:
>>   
>>> But editing with a touchscreen is not easy.
>>> How to set a point using a finger?
>>> If you put the finger to the screen, you don't see where the point is set.
>>> The finger covers the point and it can't be exact.
>>> 
>>> Any idea how to solve this problem?
>>>     
>> Cross hairs on the screen and then move the screen/cross hairs to the
>> place you really wanted it to be...
>>   
> I started to make an html vector editor. It's a really early prototype and maybe it will not work on all platforms:
> 
> http://www.khtml.org/osm/v0.79/examples/edit.html
> 
> The base map (http://khtml.org) should work on iPad (incl. multitouch) but I don't have an iPad and could only test on iPhone.
> For vector editing I didn't add touch support but mouse events are supported for move nodes.
> It uses SVG and on Android it will not work - there is no SVG on Android.
> 
> The crosshair idea is really good, but solves only one part of the UI.
> 
> The userinterface for Android and iPad/iPhone can't be the same.
> Android does not support multitouch.
> 
> Maybe someone could draw a userinterface.
> 
> 
> Bernhard
> 
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