I am developing an Android and IOS application that uses Map, Directions, Route, Duration etc. Using the map is the main function of the application. I was using google maps for test, when the number of request is low, everything works fine but when the number of requests increase google maps stops showing directions etc. So I was showing the map of google and using the directions of OpenStreetMap, which is not good-looking and unfortunately doesn't include traffic in duration
(ex. showing 10min to somewhere that I know it will take 20 min) but I had no choice. Now I want to move to a new map that is complete and more professional. So I was searching about a map that provides directions, duration s with traffic and also with low cost than Google maps services. Do you have any suggestions?
What about creating my own map with OSM, does it take in charge traffic?
Thank you for help.
There is no advanced maps like google map but you can try Open street map as an alternative.
Try it and enjoy...
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I'm building a route recommendation app in Android Studio where the user can see the best route between two destinations on the map. I am using Google Maps APIs for that and I know that it's using Dijkstra's algorithm to determine the route. But I wonder if the API can update the route according to real-time traffic, I didn't find any information about that.
Google Maps is updated constantly – literally, every second of every day!
refer this page
New to Stackoverflow, did some searching and couldn't find anything that really matched what I'm looking for unless I'm using the wrong keywords. I did find guides on how to plot a route when you know the actual route, but I'm looking to do it from actually walking it, see below:
I'm fairly new to web development and am looking to plot maps of a trail on a website using an embedded Google map or some other free map platform if it's suitable (OSM?) I have an Android phone and I'd like to actually be able to:
(1) walk this route,
(2) take the GPS data somehow &
(3) match it up to a Google map to
(4) post it on my webpage.
That will help visitors know the actual route (which is not available on Google Maps in any detail) and have somewhat of a "guide" of the near-exact trail route. I imagine this can be done, as Runkeeper and other applications do this (with additional data on speed, time, etc.) for tracking your runs. I don't really want any of that additional data as much as I would like to just capture the GPS route itself, and have it in some format that I can then use to make a map out of automatically. Not sure where to start with this, or if it can be done easily. Any information or guidance would be greatly appreciated. I have no experience in Java; very limited Javascript and OK in HTML/CSS. I've never used the Google Maps API either.
Thanks!
You may use API Picker lists to help you on the most common things you may want to do on a map or with location-based data, and this also suggests the API that most suits your needs.
Listed below are the useful APIs to plot a route on a map:
Polylines in the Google Maps Android API
Polylines in the Google Maps SDK for iOS
Polylines in the Google Maps JavaScript API
Directions mode in the Google Maps Embed API
Paths in the Google Static Maps API (a web service)
Links of useful APIs for whatever you want to do on a map can be found in the documentation.
I am doing an app that allows users to get directions from one room to the next room of the same building and require the application to show the user indoor directions. I have tried and tested the Google Maps Intent which opened the Google Maps app and gave directions from one room to the next. I am required to not allow the user to open up an external map app and then receive directions. Instead they must use the Google Map built into my application. I was wondering if it's at all possible to do indoor directions on Google Maps Android API. Would genuinely appreciate any help I get. Thanks!
The Google Maps Android API v2 has options for indoor maps. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/ under 'Indoor Maps' for a quick example.
Of course, that doesn't prevent them from using an external app by itself, but it does let you provide them indoor map data in your app.
Well I think you should have to start by using internal sensors to navigate. Add an indoor map of the building so that you would know where you are at in the building.
I have a Google map on my application which at the moment shows services on the map like rail station and church etc. However unlike Google Maps (the official one), my one does not show commercial places in the area like McDonalds, Boots, Subway and Starbucks etc. etc.
I tried to research if this is something I must set on my map but could not find anything, can anyone tell me how to show commercial places on the map
Many thanks for reading
Use Places API to show Points of interest
To use Place API in Android, you can read it here
I have a problem: I need to calculate the routing within a mall that has a plan registered in google maps, but with the direction API can not get the indoor routing. To be precise if I am away from the mall and I want to calculate the route to an internal area, I am guided to the outside of the mall, while I would like my app would calculate a route for the section inside the building . To do this I currently use the Google Maps Android API v2 and the Direction api with json output. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? sorry for my bad English
I have exactly the same problem; compting a route (with mode=walking) between two points that are both inside a mall gives a path that starts, goes and ends out of the building.
The closest similar path found on Google Maps (HTML version, from a browser) is the "bike" one...