Completely new app gives Google Maps many competition.

If you are looking for a mapping app that won't take your data plan and will give you results lickety split, Skobbler's ForeverMap2 may be that app.

The navigation technology startup hopes to offer Google Maps a run because of its money with its ForeverMap2 software that works both online in addition to offline. The company today introduced the ForeverMap2 app for Operating system devices.
The app uses mapping information from your open-source project OpenStreetMap, which has generated maps via crowd-sourcing. OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of depends upon started in 2004 that allows one to view, edit, and use geographical data within a collaborative way from all over the world. It's a lot like Wikipedia pertaining to maps.

Marcus Thielking, co-founder in addition to chief marketing officer for Skobbler, said that using the OpenStreetMap data offers more granularity because of its maps and allows people to locate more accurate local information.

One of several key features of ForeverMap2 is the truth that it can be used both equally online and offline. While Google Maps also allows users to see map information offline, ForeverMap2 allows users to look and zoom in using real world maps.

"Google Maps is generally used online, " said Marcus Thielking, co-founder in addition to chief marketing officer for Skobbler. "It possesses some minor offline capabilities. But Google is inclined to keep users online as long as possible. We give people a selection so you as a user can connect to maps either online or real world. "

The app costs 99 pence and online maps are freely available to users. But maps that are downloaded for offline use are available within the app. The company is allowing users to get access to one country map for free for offline use. The app currently is only available for Android devices. But will eventually introduce the same app for the iPhone 5.