Skobbler has recently launched an offline mapping app for the iOS-powered devices – ForeverMap. The application relies on the OpenStreetMap as well as the company’s own compression technology to provide users with offline access to stored maps for any region in the entire United States.
ForeverMap isn’t the first mobile app to rely on OpenStreetMap — however, it is most likely the best use of the free map platform we’ve seen, allowing users to search for street names, calculate their routes and access point-of-interest information, provided by Wikipedia. The last mentioned feature does require a working data connection, either WiFi or 3G.
Moreover, it [application] also rocks a bookmarking system for favorite destinations, search history, compass integration backed by auto-turning support, and auto-follow mode, whereby the map centers around the user’s current position.
Finally, if you’re not familiar with OpenStreetMap, you should know it’s a collaborative project of over 320,000 contributors dedicated to create a free, editable map of the world using data from satellites, GPS logs, local knowledge, and other sources of geographic information…
ForeverMap ($0.99) [iTunes link]