Anyone who has played with an iPhone will have seen the Google maps application, which provides much of the functionality of the Javascript web app, while giving quite a good tactile feel.... It also uses wireless triangulation - or if available, GPS - to show search results for things that are near you.
Is there any project to create a similar application for the iPhone that uses OSM maps and data sources? I think it would be an excellent way to introduce OSM to people who have never seen it... I would imagine the existing functionality of the Google Maps application, plus maybe the ability to do some small-scale editing such as adding nodes for things like amenities while you're out and about... Searching for existing apps showed me that some people have stuffed some openstreetmap tiles into the GMap application on the iPhone (basically a hack, replacing the cached tiles) - but that isn't the same as having global coverage, and making the app available via the AppStore (or iTunes) would present a huge new audience. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk