If you have purchased any of the Scenic Map apps (and I know hundreds of you have) please give it a star rating. This will help Scenic Map become more visible on the app store. Follow these steps to leave a rating:
In the iPad App Store:
Search for Scenic Map
Click on the app you purchased
Scroll down to the bottom of the window.
Beneath the screen shots is a row of stars.
Click the stars to rate the app (from 1 to 5 stars).
Click the All Versions button to the right of the stars.
Click the stars again to rate the app for all versions.
In the iPhone App Store:
Search for Scenic Map
Click on the app you purchased
At the bottom of the window (scroll down) click on the "Ratings >" button.
Click Write a Review (you may be asked to log in)
Click the stars to rate the app (from 1 to 5 stars).
Click Send
In the iTunes software for Mac and Windows:
Search for Scenic Map
Click on the app you purchased
On the left side of the window under "Customer Ratings" is a row of dots or stars.
Click the stars to rate the app (from 1 to 5 stars).
Many thanks for doing this.
News and information about the Scenic Map and You Need a Map apps for iOS
Feature Requests:
ReplyDelete1. make it possible to switch to GOOGLE satellite imagery when online.
2. change the splash screen. Your opening screen makes your app look cheesy (which of course it is NOT).
Let me know what you think, please.
First, thanks for the feedback. It is greatly appreciated.
ReplyDelete1. I am considering adding support for online mapping such as Google. I do have some reservations about it since Scenic Map was designed to be a purely offline map and adding online features moves away from that. However since adding Google support is free and should work well in many areas on an iPad 3G or an iPhone it is definitely something I want to do. Also to use Apple SDK features like reverse address lookup (to find out the address at your current location or any point on the map) requires that the feature be used with Google's maps.
2. Can you say which version of Scenic Map's splash screen you didn't like? I designed the splash screen to make you think of old 1950's style touring maps that could be found at gas stations. The font and color of the logo and top banner are very much in the style of those maps. The Grand Canyon version also includes smaller versions of the other maps because it is designed to promote the premium versions. I am reluctant to change the style of the central map. I do need some kind of splash screen because the initial map can take several seconds to appear and leaving the screen blank looks a lot worse than putting up the splash screen. Things may get better in the 4.0 OS which actually takes a snap shot of the screen when you switch apps. You should only see the splash screen the first time you launch Scenic Map in iPhone OS 4.0.
The free Grand Canyon app looks great on my iphone! How about making one for (western) Canada? I would buy that for sure.
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I have been gathering data for Canada. The Canadian government has released high resolution elevation data which I have downloaded but have not yet had a chance to convert into my own format or review it for quality however I do expect that I can make a version of Scenic Map for Canada in the future. The road data via OpenStreetMap.org is not very detailed or complete for Canada but hopefully that will improve over time.
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