Comments on: The iPhone as a GPS/SatNav http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/ Location, Location, Location Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Duncan http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Duncan Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:15:19 +0000 http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/#comment-11 I had thought they would probably allow your current GPS position to be plotted, but I doubted the navigation support. It's very disappointing that you can't plot anything from a GPS on the map, but not too surprising that it can't do navigation. It would have been a nice platform for some proper SatNav software, but oh well, I'm happy with my N95 :o) I had thought they would probably allow your current GPS position to be plotted, but I doubted the navigation support. It’s very disappointing that you can’t plot anything from a GPS on the map, but not too surprising that it can’t do navigation.

It would have been a nice platform for some proper SatNav software, but oh well, I’m happy with my N95 :o)

]]> By: Jonathan Greene http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jonathan Greene Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:05:37 +0000 http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/#comment-10 As you probably already know by now there is no GPS or LBS on the iPhone currently. With GMaps you have to say where you are in order to search. Once you are on a location though it seems to remember (not going back to full US) so you can search locally very easily. As you probably already know by now there is no GPS or LBS on the iPhone currently. With GMaps you have to say where you are in order to search. Once you are on a location though it seems to remember (not going back to full US) so you can search locally very easily.

]]> By: Zec http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Zec Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:03:22 +0000 http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/#comment-9 I had have many hopes. Now we know Google Apple partnership is not so deep as we would like. I hoped Apple would use Google Gears to solve local caching mechanism. I hoped Apple cross-worked with Google for some image processing capabilities bought by Google from Neven Vision. It would redifine local and mobile search and marketing. None of these prove right. Google Maps are not powerfull as I'd like tailored around Google Local, Maps APIs. Just my wishful thinking... I had have many hopes. Now we know Google Apple partnership is not so deep as we would like. I hoped Apple would use Google Gears to solve local caching mechanism.
I hoped Apple cross-worked with Google for some image processing capabilities bought by Google from Neven Vision. It would redifine local and mobile search and marketing.
None of these prove right.

Google Maps are not powerfull as I’d like tailored around Google Local, Maps APIs.

Just my wishful thinking…

]]> By: Duncan http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Duncan Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:50:59 +0000 http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/#comment-8 Not really. GeoIP is not accurate to the town the user is in, it is based around the owner of the IP, which would be the ISP/mobile operator in this case. LBS can be done using mobile cells to triangulate the location of the device, but this is not feasibly possible using 2G/2.5G technologies, only in 3G does the operator have the ability to easily produce LBS solutions, and as we all know, the iPhone doesn't support 3G. Not really. GeoIP is not accurate to the town the user is in, it is based around the owner of the IP, which would be the ISP/mobile operator in this case.

LBS can be done using mobile cells to triangulate the location of the device, but this is not feasibly possible using 2G/2.5G technologies, only in 3G does the operator have the ability to easily produce LBS solutions, and as we all know, the iPhone doesn’t support 3G.

]]> By: Zec http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Zec Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:38:56 +0000 http://everythinggis.org/2007/06/13/the-iphone-as-a-gps/#comment-7 Could be they using GEOIP by MaxMind for LBS on iPhone? Could be they using GEOIP by MaxMind for LBS on iPhone?

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