Does anyone know if any existing augmented reality (AR) apps on mobile devices use the OSM database? On iPhone, I have looked at acrossair, Layar, Wikitude, WorldSurfer and Robotvision. They are capable of displaying geotagged data from a variety of "layers" (data sources), such as Google, bing, Twitter, Flickr, Panoramio, foursquare, Gowalla, etc., overlayed with the camera view of the surrounding area. I have not seen OSM in any one of them, but I may not have looked too closely, or overlooked the ability to add new layers, or did not look at the right app. asked 15 Feb '11, 17:37  ponzu edited 15 Feb '11, 17:38 |
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Layar lists OSM as a layer : OpensStreetMap - Layar answered 15 Feb '11, 21:34  Mike N |
Yeah, it's there. Had to dig for it inside the app, though. And to be honest it does not look too great, the Wikimapia layer is both richer and cleaner :( Oh well.