Comments on: Apple invents iPod maps – podmaps?

By: Three Ring Binders

Three Ring Binders — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:20:02 +0000

Awesome App! I have been using it for some time and although I think it works a little better on my phone, sometimes I would rather just not pull my phone out when Im using the Pod. Thanks!

– Nick

By: Wall Posters

Wall Posters — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:19:16 +0000

ive never heard about podmaps so far. Can you actually figure out the way from one place to another? Looks like something that might get that done.

Is this a free or paid feature?

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podmap: ipod mapping feature « About Geo Infomatic Technology by PK — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:30:08 +0000

[...] สำหรับท่านใดที่อยากจะทดลองนำแนวคิดนี้ไปพัฒนา ก็สามารถไปอ่านรายละเอียดและแนวคิดพัฒนาของ john(นักพัฒนาอิสระ) ซึ่งได้ทดลองทำโดยใช้แผนที่จาก mutimap และบันทึกเสียงพูดอธิบายเส้นทางในรูปแบบไฟล์ m4b และก็มี sourcecode ตัวอย่างให้ศึกษาได้ที่ http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2008/02/16/apple-invents-ipod-maps-podmaps/ [...]

By: john

john — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:21:43 +0000

Tyom – not my fault you don’t go anywhere!

It may well be a niche thing, but the point of the RSS integration would be that you don’t actually have to do anything once you’ve subscribed. So if you’re out on the road and you left the printout in the printer, the map and route will already be there on your iPod.

Using this tech for audio tours would definitely be a good idea though, being able to show related pics and perhaps maps too could be great.

By: Tyom

Tyom — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:30:41 +0000

I have to agree with Tim on this one. Personally I don’t see much use to get podcasts of my recent searches, or any searches for that matter. It’s much easier to just print out the map and throw it away when I’m done with it. Very rarely I reuse maps I printed, if ever. But then, I don’t really print directions maps very often, maybe it’s better this way than print, I can’t judge.

However audio tours of areas sounds like a great idea. You go to a web site about an area you’re interested in, download the podcast and later when you’re in that area you can get detailed information about POIs and their location on the map. Now, I can see the market there.

I see the use of this when there is a need to put quite a lot of information about certain points on the map which would not work very well on print. eGuide.

By: john

john — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:13:46 +0000

Tim – One thing we thought would work very well would be if your saved searches and recent searches on Multimap were available as podcast RSS feeds. That way any route that you searched for on Multimap could end up on your iPod without you actually having to do anything. Generally these would be best created for individual people based on the searches they perform.

I do think there’s also a market for companies making these available on their own sites too. For instance you might offer a podcast file giving directions from the airport to your office, or from the train station to your office (see above

By: Tim Waters

Tim Waters — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:24:27 +0000

Great stuff, although I haven’t a mac, the newer podmaps can be played in mplayer.
I’m interested to know why someone may subscribe to a podmap.
One example I can think of would be for tourism, subscribe to our weekly podmap of historical walking tours around our city. Pub crawls, cycling routes..