Comments on: OSM on the iPhone.. not in Dubai !! http://www.edparsons.com/2007/10/osm-on-the-iphone-not-in-dubai/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TomH http://www.edparsons.com/2007/10/osm-on-the-iphone-not-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-151174 TomH Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:20:23 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=554#comment-151174 What's wrong with Google maps? Well sometimes <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/" rel="nofollow">OpenStreetMap</a> ones are more accurate ;-) I mean I'd like to see you try and drive down <a href="http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=mapnik&lon=-0.0274444&lat=51.7970178&z=15" rel="nofollow">Walnut Tree Walk</a> or <a href="http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=mapnik&lon=-0.0459248&lat=51.8155197&z=16" rel="nofollow">Wengeo Lane</a> in Ware... Somebody seems to have <a href="http://geo.topf.org/comparison/index.html?mt0=googlemap&mt1=mapnik&lon=-0.0409144&lat=51.8180732&z=17" rel="nofollow">stolen Google's umlauts as well</a> which the good people of Wülfrath might object to ;-) What’s wrong with Google maps? Well sometimes OpenStreetMap ones are more accurate ;-)

I mean I’d like to see you try and drive down Walnut Tree Walk or Wengeo Lane in Ware…

Somebody seems to have stolen Google’s umlauts as well which the good people of Wülfrath might object to ;-)

]]> By: SteveC http://www.edparsons.com/2007/10/osm-on-the-iphone-not-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-151176 SteveC Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:34:47 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=554#comment-151176 Isle of Wight? The Netherlands (population 16 million) has complete coverage. Isle of Wight? The Netherlands (population 16 million) has complete coverage.

]]> By: Mikel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/10/osm-on-the-iphone-not-in-dubai/comment-page-1/#comment-151175 Mikel Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:23:13 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=554#comment-151175 Perhaps Dubai was just helping you to focus on your vacation more :) Glad you liked the hack anyway -- sure, no normal person would do this but it's fun. Now I see you laid out a little bait with your rhetorical question comparing OSM and Google Maps .. well we can talk about that another time ;) One thing I will say about the iPhone Maps application, many developers would like to develop their own applications based on it (including adding their own tiles) as we all do with the web gmaps api. Perhaps Google could think about opening it up? Perhaps Dubai was just helping you to focus on your vacation more :)

Glad you liked the hack anyway — sure, no normal person would do this but it’s fun.

Now I see you laid out a little bait with your rhetorical question comparing OSM and Google Maps .. well we can talk about that another time ;)

One thing I will say about the iPhone Maps application, many developers would like to develop their own applications based on it (including adding their own tiles) as we all do with the web gmaps api. Perhaps Google could think about opening it up?

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