14 DAY TRIAL // A street-level, 3D mapping company called earthmine has announced its own iPhone SDK, aimed at integrating street-level, 3D data into iPhone applications. The company also introduced the earthmine Server, the second addition to earthmine’s suite, a tool that enables organizations to host and manage the earthmine platform on their own servers.
According to the official report, earthmine now delivers a complete solution for working with street-level, 3D and image data with a flexibility and mobility unmatched in the industry thanks to these new products. The earthmine SDK for iPhone and the earthmine Server are immediately available as part of “the earthmine solution,” the company says.
“The earthmine SDK for iPhone brings earthmine’s rich street-level 3D experience to the large user base of iPhone and iPod Touch users,” the company describes its software. “The earthmine SDK for iPhone provides developers with core functionality to retrieve and display earthmine’s panoramic imagery and provides an extensive set of tools to create immersive applications and unique experiences on the iPhone.”
According to the company, the entire earthmine data set is accessible right from the device. This enables customers to map features, take measurements, and display relevant geo-contextual content, earthmine pinpoints.
The company also has an SDK for Flash, which allows developers to create “immersive, detailed, and spatially accurate street level 3D experiences within the Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR framework,” in keeping with the official description. Adobe Systems recently announced plans to bring iPhone and Flash developers together via its Flash Professional CS5.
Whether they want to use data within earthmine’s data library or schedule data collection through the earthmine Project Partner Program to meet specific data needs, it’s their choice, earthmine explains. Customers also have the possibility to further customize their package by choosing an appropriate hosting option and client application SDKs to build a fully customized solution.
“These two additions to our software suite mark a significant expansion of earthmine’s offering and customer base,” Anthony Fassero, earthmine’s co-chief executive officer, shares. “The earthmine SDK for iPhone brings immersive and accurate street level data to the world’s fastest growing mobile platform, and the earthmine Server puts the entire earthmine platform within the customer managed computing environment. Now, earthmine supports any application, large or small, public or private.”
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