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Apple's iPhone, Google Maps and More

posted by Satri on Wednesday January 10, @09:57AM        Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the from-rumors-to-revolution? dept.

There's a lot of geospatial elements in yesterday's announcement of location-aware Apple's iPhone. There's integrated Google Maps (nothing really new here with smartphones), there's automated location awareness (competing with GPS-enabled phones?) and a plethora of geospatial possibilities since it runs OS X. From what I've read from geobloggers, the first impressions are mitigated. But time will allow more information and pertinent reviews. You can read the numerous Slashdot comments. Take a look of it from the Apple. Read Spatially Adjusted's deception. Ogle Earth asks about Google Earth on the iPhone.

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• What geolocation technology?

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  by Satri (3) on Thursday January 11, @03:43PM (#1181)
  ( http://alexandreleroux.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Friday March 17, @04:07PM )

  Two interesting discussions on the geowanking list about the technology used [burri.to] to geolocate iPhones [burri.to].
• Your iPhone Geospatial dreams torn asunder...

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  by Satri (3) on Friday January 12, @08:58AM (#1184)
  ( http://alexandreleroux.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Friday March 17, @04:07PM )

  there will be no third-party iPhone apps [slashdot.org]. This will seriously limit geospatial innovation from outside Apple on the iPhone.