location based services
13 Jun, 2007 Mobile, Google Maps, GPS, Hardware, LBS
You may have seen the latest Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote and iPhone adverts and be wondering about how good it will perform as a GPS device (as you would any modern mobile phone) or for Location Based Services (LBS).
A lot of people are looking forward to the release of the iPhone, and I guess only time will tell as to how it performs, but I can see some things which may backfire with the fully online (or at least that’s what it seems) platform.
Steve hasn’t mentioned anything about GPS support within the iPhone, but I don’t see it not having support.
Unless there are some sophisticated caching mechanisms, maps are going to be unavailable in areas of low mobile network coverage.
Points of Interest appear built into the phone are most probably the normal Google Maps, and possibly not very customisable.
Other POIs are capable through the web browser, with AJAX these websites can appear as if they are native applications on the phone, but only through clicking on an address/location of some sort to trigger the Google Maps view of that point.
I hope to be proven wrong, but those are my reservations. If I am proven correct, this would surely be a major issue for anyone (like myself) who uses GPS/GIS in anger. Any ideas?
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