[Tilesathome] Fwd: Using OSM on the iPhone

[Gernot]

I always forget pressing "reply all" instead of "reply" on mailing
lists. Here is my mail to Robert and the list. Thanks again!

Gernot.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gernot <gernotslists at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Tilesathome] Using OSM on the iPhone
To: "Robert (Jamie) Munro" <rjmunro at arjam.net>


>
> Gernot wrote:
> | Hi!
> |
> | I'm currently developing an Application that shows nearby points of
> | interest on the iPhone. To show where they are, I use a OpenStreetMap
> | static map, served from tah.openstreetmap.org/mapOf/
> |
> | It worked reliably during the past month, but In the last few days the
> | service stopped working, as is discussed in other threads. However I
> | rely on the maps having the specified size and being accurately
> | centered around the provided location, as well as the service being
> | available.
> |
> | Is it a good idea to use your static map in this kind of context?
>
> Sounds like a terrible idea to me. That service is not designed to have
> high loads or be used in an automated manner. Use the tiles directly.

Hm, that's a pity. Because downloading several of the big tiles for
making the image on the device is not really an option due to
bandwidth issues...

>
> | I really want to support this project and promote OSM by using it in
> | this project, which I hope will be quite visible.
> |
> | I am also looking into having a tile-based pan- and zoomable map in
> | the future. For that I would need rather small tile sizes, like Google
> | or MS do for mobile apps. Does OSM have small tile sizes that I could
> | use?
>
> Take a look at: http://cloudmade.com/products/mobile-tiles

... But I think that tip could solve my issue. Thanks a lot, I still
wonder how I could have overlooked this company.

Cheers, Gernot.