Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event
by eigenvector on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @02:32PM
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Does Maps for iOS still use raster map tiles (like Maps for Android used to)? If so, the amount of space required to cache large map areas at all zoom levels becomes prohibitively large.
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Re:Live Blog: Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event
by craigyk on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @03:02PM
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Oh, Ok, I get it, by offline they mean raw data and a client-side rendering library. That is a nice improvement, but I would have to assume, this does not include satellite imagery then. Come to think of it, I'd be amazed if Apple's map announcements next week don't include similar capability.