Blogging My Life...One thing we were able to improve on the Siddur due to the 3.0 iPhone software release was the map feature. We added a native Apple Google Map directly into the Siddur and plotted where some of our Siddur users are using it right at the moment that you are looking at the map.
The main difference that you will notice is the speed of the map loading and the responsiveness of the zoom and panning through the maps.
Here are the new maps:
Zooming In:
What did the old version look like?
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Could the new map feature be used to draw a line from the user's location to Har Habayis for a visual mizrach line for the non-compass iPhones? This would be similar to the link posted at http://groups.google.com/group/iphone-siddur/browse_frm/thread/89031f76fdcbd00f
Posted by: Sam I Am Not | July 1, 2009 9:18 AM
I guess, but can't that simply be visualized?
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 1, 2009 11:32 AM
Not if you have no idea where north is, but seeing a visual overhead of your location with a line makes things clear
Posted by: Sam I Am Not | July 1, 2009 12:10 PM
That would only work on the 3GS and we have a Mizrach compass for that anyway.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 1, 2009 12:14 PM
Why only on the 3GS? even if you did not know where north was, seeing an overhead of your location would easily allow you to see where the line was pointed.
Posted by: Sam I Am Not | July 1, 2009 12:34 PM
I don't see how this helps. The map is large enough for someone to realize which way on the map is Jerusalem.
Posted by: Barry Schwartz | July 1, 2009 1:49 PM