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Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

kcjh — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:34:00 -0000

Would it work the other way round.. sending the e-mail from Nokia Maps with the .lmz attachment an opening it on the iPhone?

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

whatleydude — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:19:32 -0000

Ok so we tried this on Friday while we were trying to meet for Episode 17 of the Podcast and this is what happened:

1) Ewan emailed his 'I'm over here!' link to my Yahoo account.
2) I logged into http://m.yahoo.com to read it... which I did, but I couldn't click.
3) So then I tried logging into http://beta.m.yahoo.com... which I did, and I could click.
4) I clicked.
5) I got a fail. http://m.google.com didn't like the http://maps.google.com link that I was giving it.

Bah.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

mostlythis — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:39:32 -0000

sports tracker has live location sharing via the sportstracker site.
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/

actually sports tracker is awesome and is for way more than just jogging.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

mostlythis — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:36:10 -0000

yep screengrabs is the portable option - but as its emailing - chances are the user is on a comp.

could have a list of options - mms / email screengrab. nokia maps info - google maps etc
but gets messy handling other software/handsets.

while were plugging - how about my vapourware

http://mostlythis.com/post/44929237/app-store-o...
coat my get I'll

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

whatleydude — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:10:59 -0000

Try it and see.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

whatleydude — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:10:36 -0000

Re screenshots - that's what I do too... Save messin' about.
Or - in the case of my recent fancy dress picnic - I send them a link to a Mippin page with the directions already prepared...

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

South77 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:02:41 -0000

off topic somewhat...I'm using a Nokia N95 (with GPS)... is there an app/service that allwos me to show my location on a web page to other people in real time? a consumer-grade tracking service, I guess.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

TerenceEden — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:54:27 -0000

That would require registering a handler on the phone...
If you send the link as gmaps://123123123 then it might pick it up.
Or you could send a link to Google's mobile pages.
Or a SMS with a special PID which the phone would pass to Gmaps...
Quite tricky with the current mobile architecture.

Truth be told, I usually take a screenshot of the map and MMS it!

Actually, it really annoys me that Google Maps Mobile has no integration with the web version. I want to be able to see the maps I've created on the web on my phone.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

kcjh — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:21:23 -0000

Hmm maybe not such a walled garden - sending from Nokia Maps attaches a .lmz file - can't google maps read those?

K

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

kcjh — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:20:32 -0000

It will - and don't call me shirley.. :P

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

smstextnews — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:16:06 -0000

it'll bring up a web google maps link, surely?

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

kcjh — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:14:11 -0000

True.. I'd be VERY suprised if it worked..

K

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

smstextnews — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:14:08 -0000

hold on

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

whatleydude — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:12:19 -0000

WALLED GARDEN!!!

I want Ewan to (be able to) send me a link from his iPhone, to my N95. Then I want Google Maps to boot up and show me what he did on his iPhone.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

kcjh — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:07:54 -0000

You can do it in Nokia Maps - as in send your location to someone via sms or email.

Re: The Over Here iPhone App - by Ed Lea in London

whatleydude — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:59:37 -0000

Is it worth a cheeky piece of code allowing the non-iphone-owning-yet-google-mapped-up folk have a go?

ie: I'd love to be able to click that link and let it just boot up Google Maps on my N95...

Send us a link Ewan - lets see what happens :)