Blog — All the maps that are fit to blog Nottingham Sprint, Wednesday 18th Sept September 11th, 2013 by Tim Schaub · 5 Comments If you’re planning on going to FOSS4G and are interested in OpenLayers 3, please join us for an open sprint on Wednesday 18th Sept on the University of Nottingham campus (Humanities A3). Core developers of the library will be on hand, and contributors of all sorts are welcome. Integrating Maps into Your Java Web Application with Google Maps and Ajax Interactive maps are becoming more and more widespread in modern web applications. Potential uses abound: real estate and tourism are two obvious domains where interactive maps can provide real added value, but there are dozens of others as well. However, although many of today's web applications could make good use of integrated mapping software, development teams often shy away from the complexity of integrating a full-fledged geographical database system. Indeed, while clickable maps have been around for years, truly interactive maps, which interact in real time with a server application, have always been considerably more complex.
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
1.11 now official part of the standard software portfolio in the City of Munich! gvSIG 1.11 now official part of the standard software portfolio in the City of Munich! After several years of preparations and testing, the Department of Health and Environment of the City of Munich is happy to report that gvSIG 1.11 has now been incorporated into the City of Munich’s standard software portfolio, which means that everyone in the city administration who needs gvSIG on their desktop can have it assigned with an automatic installation procedure and is ready to go! This also means that gvSIG has finally left the confines of the Department of Health and Environment and is taking another step in the process of establishing it as an OGC compliant, Open Source alternative to proprietary software throughout the municipality. In order to support this process further and spread the news, an internal 2-day training course has been developed, targeted at an audience already familiar with GIS concepts and ready to try out a state of the art open source GIS application.
» How to develop a Google Maps mashup In my previous post I noted that Google Maps has released Version 2 of its API. In this post I thought I'd talk more about how you can start developing with Google Maps. Mashups are all the rage, so if you're a developer or just like to remix things - now's a good time to jump in and build one! The easiest way to get content for your mashup is to use APIs (Application Programming Interface) from companies such as Google, Amazon or eBay. That is, big companies that offer a reliable and large data set via documented API hooks into their systems. You can also use RSS from companies like craigslist.
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 . Prerequisites Before you add osmdroid to your project make sure you check the Prerequisites page. Google Maps Mashups and the Elusive Business Model - Mashable* John Musser over at ProgrammableWeb (a great source for info on APIs, I might add!) has posted about the NY Times article * on Google Maps mashups. John has picked out some fairly cool mashups that are worth mentioning: HomePriceRecords : Combines home sales data with 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. In most cases, you'll get better battery performance, as well as more appropriate accuracy, by using the Location Services API. To learn more about the Location Services API, see Google Location Services for Android.