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MapKit has Competitors?

Walter Tyree

Walter Tyree owns and runs Tyree Apps, LLC, an IT Consulting and iOS software shop located in Alexan...

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During the development of an app for cyclists we evaluated a number of mapping solutions for iOS including ArcGIS, Mapquest, Bing, and Cloudmade in addition to MapKit. Come hear about what we learned and which one we settled on.

  • licensing map data
  • feature sets compared
  • different packages have different capabilities
  • overlays and dropping Pins
  • using different gestures