Googlemaps (Google Maps) Location Strategies. Note: The strategies described in this guide apply to the platform location API in android.location.
The Google Location Services API, part of Google Play Services, provides a more powerful, high-level framework that automatically handles location providers, user movement, and location accuracy. It also handles location update scheduling based on power consumption parameters you provide. OpenLayers: Home. Mapsforge - free mapping and navigation tools. The mapsforge project provides free and open software for OpenStreetMap-based applications.
Currently, we offer a library for ad-hoc map rendering on Android devices. Compact file format for fast on-device rendering of OpenStreetMap data Easy to use MapView, similar to of the Google APIs Add-On Powerful and flexible overlay API Customizable map styles via XML configuration files Small library ~ 300 KB Demo application for Android 1.6+ available Tool for creating custom map files 100% free and open source (LGPL3 license) Click on an image for a larger version. Osmdroid - OpenStreetMap-Tools for Android.
Osmdroid is a (almost) full/free replacement for Android's MapView (v1 API) class.
It also includes a modular tile provider system with support for numerous online and offline tile sources and overlay support with built-in overlays for plotting icons, tracking location, and drawing shapes. osmdroid is in the progress of being migrated to GitHub. See issue 527 . OpenStreetMap.