I have developed an android mobile application
I am using Google Maps API for
Displaying Current Location (Drawaing different types of shapes on my current location)
Displaying Nearby Areas. However the positions come from my local database and i am just overlaying it on my map
Displaying routes between two positions. Infact i want to draw many routes from my current positions. I have reffered J2ME/Android/BlackBerry - driving directions, route between two locations for displaying routes between two positions.
Displaying all the Nearby Areas in a ListView
My questions is : what i am doing here is considered as legal or not ?
I want to know what are the rules for using Google Maps ?
Or lets say what are the things that we can do with google maps that would be considered as legal.
Is there any license scheme for using Google Maps ? or its for Free ?
Please guide me..
Your requirements are perfectly legal, You may have a look at the following link http://www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html
Google maps is free if you are below the the query limit
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#Limits
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I want to develop an app using rssi of ble,wifi to set position of my users in indoor environment, or something else for example when they are near specific location send theme notification.
I have to add my information and markers to google map. and my own simple map.
it is like customized map for my users in my app.
I have this place in map but I want to add walking path and more information.
right now it does not have anything. no walking path for example.no stores information and exact location.
and i want add something like these or much simpler:
Sample indoor map 1
Sample indoor map 2
as I see you mentioned indoor map is just available for certain country.
this link : are available in select locations
and again you mentioned : Display a floor plan as a ground overlay or tile overlay on your map. This will enable only users of your application to view your floor plans.
my country is not the part of your supported list (sanction). but the google maps app is still working here.
I just want using google map to be shown with my customized map and information,markers just for my users in my app not public.
is it possible ?
I place my beacon and the position of the user is set by my algorithm in map. I do not know that I'm in right way or not. where I should start?
thanks a lot.
You can use Google Maps SDK for Android to create a map in your android app. You can customize the map on this sdk like putting markers, info windows, styles etc.
At high zoom levels, the map shows floor plans for indoor spaces which are available in select locations you mentioned.
As stated in the Maps SDK for Android documentation - If floor plan data is not available for a building that you would like to highlight in your application, you can:
Add floor plans to Google Maps directly. This will make your floor plans available to all users of Google Maps.
Display a floor plan as a ground overlay or tile overlay on your map. This will enable only users of your application to view your floor plans.
Hope this helps!
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 new to the Google Maps API for android, and recently encountered a problem with a project I'm making. I'm trying to make a network of polylines that represent walking paths on Google maps, but I was wondering, is it possible to get the typical google directions for navigating those polylines? For example, if you are in a park and there are several paths to get to the parking lot, would google maps be able to tell you the fastest path if the paths are represented by polylines?
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 an location coordinates. I have a radius (5 km, for example) around this location. How to get google maps photos (images, description/comments for photo, coordinates)?
You should use google maps api (notice there's a new google maps v2 for android you can download here
As for getting specific coordinate data, you should consider google places api.
you can use this great detailed tutorial, and a tutorial which I believe most fits your needs, combining the two: link
You need to use the Google Places API. There are queries for photos, reviews, etc. Note that this is a separate API from Google Maps.