[OSM-talk] Released: OpenMaps for iOS v4.0. An idea how toincrease OSM awareness.

[Katie Filbert]

I would be willing to try OpenMaps at some point and thank you for  
creating it!

However, I can't install new iPhone apps currently (1- must delete  
others & music I don't want; 2 - I'm locked out of iTunes since my  
account was hacked recently and haven't bothered yet to get it  
restored; 3 - need new cable to connect to my computer; 4 - must boot  
computer into windows since iTunes is unavailable for ubuntu). Thus  
need super motivation before I install anything new. :/

The offline maps feature looks great and is probably the biggest  
selling point. It may motivate me enough to try the app before I go to  
Europe or some place.  In the reviews, I do see people complaining  
that the offline maps don't work.  Has this been fixed?  Make this a  
really solid and useful feature, and I think more people would try  
OpenMaps.

For OpenMaps, not sure I really care about the tweet feature. (Tweet  
enough about OSM & do foursquare but only share location w/ friends  
and not Twitter)

For editing OSM and adding pois, I'm also interested.  Though already  
have and use mapzen poi collector and happy enough with it.  Who knows  
how long Cloudmade will be around or how much they will put into  
improving it. So a good alternative would be nice to have and maybe  
OpenMaps is it.

Another question is what's the difference between the free and the non- 
free app?  It's not clear from the descriptions.

I would be happy to give more feedback once I get the app... won't be  
immediate but sometime in the next 6 months.

Cheers
Katie

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 19, 2010, at 3:18 PM, john at jfeldredge.com wrote:

> Well, in my case, I hadn't responded because I have a BlackBerry  
> Storm rather than an iPhone.
>
> -------Original Email-------
> Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] Released: OpenMaps for iOS v4.0. An idea how  
> toincrease OSM awareness.
> From  :mailto:zsombor at gmail.com
> Date  :Sat Dec 18 16:28:54 America/Chicago 2010
>
>
> Wasn't expecting so poor reception on behalf of the OSM community. No
> one commented on the idea of sharing and checking into OSM places on
> Twitter with OpenMaps for iOS to increase OSM awareness.
>
> Does this mean that you don't have an iDevice? Don't use Twitter?
> Don't like the app? Or just don't find this idea a good one? Or am I
> missing something?
>
> Best regards,
> Zsombor Szabo
> IZE, Ltd. - http://izeize.com/
>
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 22:46, Zsombor Szabó <zsombor at gmail.com> wro 
> te:
>> Today we released OpenMaps version 4.0 in Apple's App Store. It is  
>> a free
>> map app based on OpenStreetMap and we believe it is the best. It is  
>> as slick
>> as the built-in (Google) Maps application and if you ever used Maps  
>> on an
>> iPhone you know that it's not a little thing to say.
>> But this is not the reason why I am writing this email.
>> I believe in OpenStreetMap. I really do. I want it to be the de  
>> facto map
>> that everyone uses and I think most of you feel the same way. I  
>> also believe
>> that OpenStreetMap is not getting the deserved user attention that  
>> we want
>> it to receive. I think I have a solution how we could expose it to  
>> more
>> users with OpenMaps for iOS.
>> How? Just launch OpenMaps, find your favorite bar/pub/restaurant/ 
>> etc. on the
>> map, tap on it (yes, in contrast with Maps you can tap on POI icons  
>> in
>> OpenMaps without needing to search for them; innovative, isn't it?)  
>> and send
>> out a checkin tweet. A typical tweet will look like this:
>> http://twitter.com/#!/zssz/statuses/7396822796476416
>> Isn't Foursquare, Gowalla and now Facebook doing something similar  
>> you ask?
>> Exactly. And look how popular they are. I believe that tweeting  
>> (checking
>> in, commenting, etc.) about OSM POIs is a great way to increase OSM
>> awareness. And it is a great way to share places with friends as  
>> when users
>> tap on an openmaps:// link they will be shown the respective OSM  
>> element in
>> OpenMaps (if they have the app installed on their device). They can  
>> even
>> follow the recent Twitter conversation about an OSM element within  
>> the app.
>> So if they want to share with the public that they serve amazing  
>> coffee at
>> openmaps://n/957085286 then they can do that easily.
>> I am enthusiastic about this and encourage you to adopt this  
>> because I
>> really think it is a great idea to increase OSM awareness. Maybe it  
>> will
>> catch on, maybe not. It all depends on the critical mass.
>> Best regards,
>> Zsombor Szabo, CEO
>> IZE, Ltd.
>> P.S. for OSM Announce list members: If you have questions or have  
>> feedback,
>> then reply on the (cced) OSM talk list.
>
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