iSkyGaze is an iPhone / iPod Touch based web application that acts as a guide to the skies and all the major celestial objects. It launched a couple of months ago and now has thousands of people using it every day. Gus Franchesi, the developer of iSkyGaze, has recently shared his plans for iSkyGaze in relation to the iPhone SDK and upcoming App Store environment – and it’s all very good news for fans of the progam.
The short, sweet version of his news is that iSkyGaze will remain a completely free application, but he will also develop a native app to be called (probably) iSkyGaze Plus, which will be priced at one to tow dollars. Read on for more details straight from Gus’ site and details on lots of new features planned for iSkyGaze Plus …
Here is Gus’ announcement from his blog site:
iSkyGaze has thousands of people using it everyday. Because it is strictly a web based application, I am limited in the kinds of things I can do right now. The graphic content is kept down to a bare minimum so it works well over Edge, and I do not allow any database calls to keep my web hosting fees down. Also, although Javascript allows me to emulate the look and feel of the iPhone, it is not as smooth as a native application. For all these reasons I have decided to buy a Mac and develop a native iSkyGaze application. My plans right now are to call it iSkyGaze Plus. The existing iSkyGaze web application will remain up as long as people are using it.
I only plan on charging one or two bucks for iSkyGaze Plus, but I have lots of great features planned. Here are some of the things I am looking at:
* Lots of additional objects. With the iPhone doing the math calculations, I can do a lot more at once.
* Real-time position updating
* 3D view of planetary objects
* Logging feature so you can record your viewing observations
* A MUCH faster and more intuitive interface
* Dynamically generated star charts for locating objects
It’s very nice to see the ambitious plans for iSkyGaze. You can keep up with all of the news on Gus’ projects, and maybe even pop him a suggestion or two if you’re an iSkyGaze fan, at his site:
http://mobilefission.blogspot.com/
Tags: iSkyGaze, iPhone star gazing app, astronomy, iPhone SDK, iPhone native apps
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