The version of BigTinCan Mapper I am using, BigTinCan Mapper Pro version 2.0.148, is a paid product. I purchased it directly from BigTinCan. Curiously, this version is only for sale directly from BigTinCan; the MobiPro App Store (for example' CrackBerry.com) is still selling version 1.0.95.
As I said, there is provision for requesting new POI types, and for refreshing the list of POI types, but I have seen no changes in the list of POI types that can be created by Mapper, in the nearly two years that I have been using the program. Some months ago, I suggested to the BigTinCan developers that provision be made for adding a POI with only a name and location, with other tags to be added later, using a program such as JOSM or Potlatch. This would allow other types of POIs not directly supported by BigTinCan Mapper Pro. The developers replied that this sounded like a good idea, but have not added the feature. -------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] What phone survey results >From :mailto:deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com Date :Fri Jan 07 14:40:40 America/Chicago 2011 On 8 January 2011 06:35, <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > One reason for the limited number of BlackBerry devices being used for > mapping is a serious lack of software. To my knowledge, there is only one > app for BlackBerry phones that lets you do editing, BigTinCan Mapper, and the > only editing you can do is to upload GPS traces and to add certain preset > types of POIs. The program has a means of requesting new POI types, but the > product has apparently been abandoned by BigTinCan. No new POI types have > been added in the two years that I have been using BigTinCan Mapper, and > getting a reply from their tech support literally takes months of waiting. It hasn't been abandoned, although there hasn't been much work done on it lately, well none, mostly due to a lack of a business model although that might be changing shortly, however we're working on other paid stuff atm which takes precedent. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
