View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
bedbug Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 484 Location: Hampshire, UK
|
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: OSM potential for iPhone Navgation |
|
|
Found a really interesting article following the OSM conference Here, and wondered if anyone in Germany could pass comment on the iPhone Navigation solutions using OSM mentioned.
Is this a midterm threat to the mapping divisions? _________________ iPhone 4/4S (iOS 5.1.1); TomTom Western Europe (1.10)/USA & Canada (1.10); CoPilot for iPhone (8), UK mapping, Mac OS 10.8/XP Pro/Win7; Tongue firmly in cheek! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
erne Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 18, 2005 Posts: 48
|
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The app is in the UK store now. Just downloaded it
Going to give a "test drive"
erne |
|
Back to top |
|
|
bedbug Frequent Visitor
Joined: May 10, 2006 Posts: 484 Location: Hampshire, UK
|
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
erne wrote: | The app is in the UK store now. Just downloaded it |
Is that OSMTrack? That's not Navigation, it plots your route for uploading to OSM (which is great, just isn't an alternative for TomTom et all). _________________ iPhone 4/4S (iOS 5.1.1); TomTom Western Europe (1.10)/USA & Canada (1.10); CoPilot for iPhone (8), UK mapping, Mac OS 10.8/XP Pro/Win7; Tongue firmly in cheek! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
erne Occasional Visitor
Joined: Sep 18, 2005 Posts: 48
|
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:23 am Post subject: |
|
|
bedbug wrote: | erne wrote: | The app is in the UK store now. Just downloaded it |
Is that OSMTrack? That's not Navigation, it plots your route for uploading to OSM (which is great, just isn't an alternative for TomTom et all). |
No the app is called "Roadee"
At the moment it does not work very well
It gives written turn by turn directions. Apparently voice is due in version 1.1
It also needs map cache and quite a few other bits
Its very much a work in progress !
£1.19 for basic turn by turn is hard to beat though
ern |
|
Back to top |
|
|
gatorguy6996 Frequent Visitor
Joined: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 695 Location: Florida, USA
|
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
OSM just isn't quite ready for road navigation. In fact much of what has been mapped isn't even available yet. For large city tours I understand the quality and completeness of the maps is as good or better than anything TeleAtlas or Navteq offers. But IMHO, it will be a couple more years before turn-by-turn is ready for OSM-based navigation. In the future it looks like a very serious challenge to the big map companies. _________________ Garmin 1695 / 255 / 760 w/MSN - Droid w/Google nav + Navigon - Navigon 8100T - Dakota10 - GPSMap76C - GeoMate Jr. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
Posted: Today Post subject: Pocket GPS Advertising |
|
|
We see you’re using an ad-blocker. We’re fine with that and won’t stop you visiting the site.
Have you considered making a donation towards website running costs?. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. We think you’ll find our adverts are not overbearing!
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
|