iphone app Archives - Digital Urban https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/category/iphone-app/ Data, Cities, IoT, Writing, Music and Making Things Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:17:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.digitalurban.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Dulogosm-1.png iphone app Archives - Digital Urban https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/category/iphone-app/ 32 32 Kickstarting Open Source City Software: Transit App for iOS 6 and Beyond https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2012/08/08/kickstarting-open-source-city-software-transit-app-for-ios-6-and-beyond/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:17:25 +0000 http://www.digitalurban.org/?p=2919 The way we get around is changing. We increasingly combine bikes and transit. And in many cities we’re seeing a birth of whole new modes of transport like bike-share and...

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]]> The way we get around is changing. We increasingly combine bikes and transit. And in many cities we’re seeing a birth of whole new modes of transport like bike-share and carshare. Over at OpenPlans they build open source tools that are responsive to these changes and let us imagine new ways of moving and with the announcement of iOS version 6, Apple has dropped Google Maps and with it, previously built-in support for travel directions via public transit they are looking to kickstart a solution :
 
With support, OpenTripPlanner Mobile, an open source application developed by OpenPlans will put transit back on the iPhone.
The app will also add new features that Google Maps didn’t have, allowing users to combine walking, bikes, bike-share and transit together, finding the fastest and most efficient trips regardless of mode of transportation.

The people over at OpenPlans are a talented bunch, their New York Bike Share Trip Planner for example is nicely done. The more funds they raise the more features and data coverage they be able to add. We like the fact that all of the data and source code created as part of this project will be made  available for free as open source. Also, OpenPlans will release a developer API that allows you to access the back-end trip planner as a hosted service.
Open source tools to help make cities better, head over Transit App on KickStarter, at the time of writing they have raised $12,299 out of the $25,000 goal.
Thank go to the Urban Mobility Daily

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]]> iPhone App: Walking Through Time – Edinburgh Edition https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/08/02/iphone-app-walking-through-time/ https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/08/02/iphone-app-walking-through-time/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:58:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=973 Walking Through Time is a SatNav for historical maps: A phone app that combines GPS technology with old maps to allow users to walk through time. The Map set is...

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]]> Walking Through Time is a SatNav for historical maps: A phone app that combines GPS technology with old maps to allow users to walk through time. The Map set is for central Edinburgh and allows the user to see a variety of Historic maps from 1740 to 1960. The application also comes with a set of narrated walking tours from the Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh.

Its a great concept, the movie below provides more details:


We hope to see more cities become available over the coming months, get in touch with Chris Speed from the Edinburgh College of Art for more details.

You can download the free app from iTunes.

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]]> https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/08/02/iphone-app-walking-through-time/feed/ 1 iPhone App: Walking Through Time – Edinburgh Edition https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/08/02/iphone-app-walking-through-time-2/ https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/08/02/iphone-app-walking-through-time-2/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:58:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=973 Walking Through Time is a SatNav for historical maps: A phone app that combines GPS technology with old maps to allow users to walk through time. The Map set is...

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]]> Walking Through Time is a SatNav for historical maps: A phone app that combines GPS technology with old maps to allow users to walk through time. The Map set is for central Edinburgh and allows the user to see a variety of Historic maps from 1740 to 1960. The application also comes with a set of narrated walking tours from the Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh.

Its a great concept, the movie below provides more details:


We hope to see more cities become available over the coming months, get in touch with Chris Speed from the Edinburgh College of Art for more details.

You can download the free app from iTunes.

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]]> https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/08/02/iphone-app-walking-through-time-2/feed/ 1 iPhone Timelapse – A Gorillacam Quick Post https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2010/02/16/iphone-timelapse-gorillacam-quick-post/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:29:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1093 A quick follow up post on our previous first look at the free Gorillacam app for the iPhone. Despite the iPhone known camera limitations it still does a good job...

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]]> A quick follow up post on our previous first look at the free Gorillacam app for the iPhone. Despite the iPhone known camera limitations it still does a good job at timelapses with enough resolution to add in various panning movements as per our latest clip below:

Music is courtesy again of unsigned band – Lemonade Joe.

Get Gorillacam Free through iTunes

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]]> 3D New York City: First 3D City on the iPhone https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/08/05/3d-new-york-city-first-3d-city-on/ https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/08/05/3d-new-york-city-first-3d-city-on/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:39:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1232 UpNext 3D NYC is the first 3D city app we have seen on the iPhone. The application allows the user to explore Manhattan via a 3D map with the normal...

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]]> UpNext 3D NYC is the first 3D city app we have seen on the iPhone. The application allows the user to explore Manhattan via a 3D map with the normal subway/search functions.

The demo below provides a walkthough:

In days gone by this would of been called ‘mobile 3D GIS’, nowadays mapping apps are ubiquitous with the inclusion of 3D fast becoming the selling point. Is the 3D map anything more than a gimmick? The same question has been asked for years about 3D GIS in general, for the record we think its great..

iTunes Link: http://www.itunes.com/app/upnextnyc

UpNext 3D NYC: http://www.upnext.com/iphone

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]]> https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/08/05/3d-new-york-city-first-3d-city-on/feed/ 2 3D New York City: First 3D City on the iPhone https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/08/05/3d-new-york-city-first-3d-city-on-2/ https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/08/05/3d-new-york-city-first-3d-city-on-2/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:39:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1232 UpNext 3D NYC is the first 3D city app we have seen on the iPhone. The application allows the user to explore Manhattan via a 3D map with the normal...

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]]> UpNext 3D NYC is the first 3D city app we have seen on the iPhone. The application allows the user to explore Manhattan via a 3D map with the normal subway/search functions.

The demo below provides a walkthough:

In days gone by this would of been called ‘mobile 3D GIS’, nowadays mapping apps are ubiquitous with the inclusion of 3D fast becoming the selling point. Is the 3D map anything more than a gimmick? The same question has been asked for years about 3D GIS in general, for the record we think its great..

iTunes Link: http://www.itunes.com/app/upnextnyc

UpNext 3D NYC: http://www.upnext.com/iphone

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]]> https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/08/05/3d-new-york-city-first-3d-city-on-2/feed/ 2 Parallel Tracking and Mapping on the iPhone: Augmented Reality App Development https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/06/25/parallel-tracking-and-mapping-on-iphone/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:37:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1279 The porting of Augmented Reality to mobile devices has notable implications for data distribution and navigation in the city. Georg Klein, a post-doctoral research assistant in the Active Vision Group...

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]]> The porting of Augmented Reality to mobile devices has notable implications for data distribution and navigation in the city. Georg Klein, a post-doctoral research assistant in the Active Vision Group of the Oxford University Engineering Department, has posted his results developing 3D Augmented Reality (AR) on the iPhone. The clip details an adaptation of the parallel tracking and mapping system to an iPhone:

Georg notes that it still needs a lot of work – the camera’s narrow field-of-view is problematic – but they can already make and track small maps. Of note is the use of the iPhone 3G rather than the 3GS with the built in compass see
http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~gk for full details and past projects.

Thanks go to Greg Downing for the link, anyone interested in panoramas and 3d modelling techniques should take a look at his work via http://www.gregdowning.com/

See also Augmented Reality for Android: GIS in the City and Location Based Augmented Reality for Android: Enkin

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]]> Parallel Tracking and Mapping on the iPhone: Augmented Reality App Development https://www.digitalurban.org/blog/2009/06/25/parallel-tracking-and-mapping-on-iphone-2/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:37:00 +0000 http://digitalurban.net/?p=1279 The porting of Augmented Reality to mobile devices has notable implications for data distribution and navigation in the city. Georg Klein, a post-doctoral research assistant in the Active Vision Group...

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]]> The porting of Augmented Reality to mobile devices has notable implications for data distribution and navigation in the city. Georg Klein, a post-doctoral research assistant in the Active Vision Group of the Oxford University Engineering Department, has posted his results developing 3D Augmented Reality (AR) on the iPhone. The clip details an adaptation of the parallel tracking and mapping system to an iPhone:

Georg notes that it still needs a lot of work – the camera’s narrow field-of-view is problematic – but they can already make and track small maps. Of note is the use of the iPhone 3G rather than the 3GS with the built in compass see
http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~gk for full details and past projects.

Thanks go to Greg Downing for the link, anyone interested in panoramas and 3d modelling techniques should take a look at his work via http://www.gregdowning.com/

See also Augmented Reality for Android: GIS in the City and Location Based Augmented Reality for Android: Enkin

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