RiotACT’s all seeing eye fell upon a review for a Canberra based offline mapping application for the iPhone, using the phone’s GPS and tower triangulation.
At $1.19 it’s certainly no bank breaker. So I decided to download it and give it a go.
In many ways Google Maps is better, but that default application is always sucking down the maps as you go, which can get expensive. This one pre-loads all of Canberra so even without a data connection it works.
One very nice feature it has is “remember location” which I can imagine being very handy for finding cars left in open air carparks (GPS notso hotso underground) and marking down friend’s houses when they’ve directed you there without you ever actually figuring out where it is.
It’s also got a large (but by no means comprehensive) listing of public amenities. So, for example, it can show you petrol stations nearby your current location.
It’s not perfect, but at $1.19 and 15Mb it’s a very useful addition to any iPhone in Canberra.
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