[OSM-talk] Vector maps for Android

[Mike N]

On 11/27/2011 4:30 PM, yvecai wrote:
>> Unless you are talking about a very small area, say just a kilometer
>> or so across, I don 't think you are likely to get good results trying
>> to render maps directly on the phone.  Phones are rather limited in
>> memory and CPU speed compared to even a low-end desktop or laptop
>> computer.
>>
> John, you would be very surprised by the vector rendering on some phones:
> You can load 1GB pbf of your country in a phone, and browse the map. As
> simple as that !

I've been playing with the new PocketEarth, recently released for IOS. 
It browses very smoothly between max zoom and min zoom - progressively 
removing or adding details.  http://www.geomagik.com/en/pocketearth.html