MapXplore: Linked Data in the App Store

MapXplore is an attempt to build a mainstream, useful, and easy to use application that uses linked data at its core. As such, it will be one of very few such apps on the Apple, or for that matter any of the mobile app stores. The purpose of the application is to allow users to browse any part of the globe, and identify points of interest from DBPedia articles. They can then drill down into traditional as well as linked data sources to get a comprehensive view of the points of interest. We note some difficulties in working with current linked data resources, and suggest some methods to help pave a future rich in popular, easy to use mobile semantic applications. By using these guidelines we aim to keep refining MapXplore to make it a showcase application for the power of linked data.