Does anyone know of a way to navigate embedded maps on websites when visiting from your transformer. For instance if you try to navigate the map at this NWS website you will just move the page around. How do I access the map and navigate within it?
I don't think you can - and trying to use the little control buttons at the side of the map is an exercise in frustration. I have the same issue with a property website that I use - the embedded map is so zoomed in it is impossible to see where it is, but if I click one of the buttons to zoom out I end up seeing the whole country. Wish you could just long-press a map to open in the maps application. (at least for any site using google maps).
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Hi every one,
I'm trying to add a Google map in my app that I'm working on,
I found a sample app but it's just receive an image for the current position that I'm getting it from the GPS radio and send it in an URL to Google map web serves then show it in an ImageBox,
but my need in my app is a map that I can move it by my finger very easy like the one inside the officially Google map app or in some of the site using there API you can move it by the mouse .
so I searched about this topic to find any some samples or tutorials but no luck,,, any helps please ?
I don't know if JavaScript is the solution or not ?? if yes, any idea how I can write a JavaScript code inside C# class, as I never worked with JavaScript before?
Thanks
Whilst not 100% relevant but it should help, there's a video on msdn about how to integrate virtual earth maps into a picturebox
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/dd920289.aspx
I'm guessing the methods are pretty similar but you just use the google maps api.
Let me know if it helps because I'm thinking about writing an app which uses google maps for a visual golf gps rangefinder.
Yes I watched that video before and I tried the app it's works fine,
but for some resigns I need to use Google map and the visual earth it's doesn't support some country maps unlike google .
but I have a sample code written using static Google map API which is just retrieve the image you request by using the GPS position BUT I need the map to be interactive with the user so he can move it around with out depending on the GPS location
Copied and pasted from http://www.intomobile.com/2009/12/09/google-maps-update-works-with-htc-hd2s-digital-compass.html
Google Maps has come a long way from its early days. With support for layers, satellite view and street view, Google Maps is as full-featured an app as we could hope for. The latest Google Maps 3.3.1 update takes things a bit further with support for the HTC HD2’s digital compass. Rather than just pin-pointing your location on a map, Google Maps will now show you which direction you and your HD2 are pointed. The feature turns your blue “My Location” dot into a blue arrow, indicating the direction your phone is facing.
Google Maps with compass support on the HTC HD2 sounds like perfection, right? Well, there’s a catch. You’ll need to disable GPS positioning in Google Maps in order to get directional data from the compass. Since Google Maps was already capable of extrapolating your direction of travel by analyzing data points, we presume Google doesn’t want to have the digital compass conflicting with your direction of travel. For example, if you’re in a car headed south, but your HD2 is pointed east, there’s no point in using the digital compass for directional data.
It is available to download here http://www.google.com/gmm/GoogleMaps.CAB
There's already a thread for that....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575903
Whoops my bad.
Mods please delete.
I was finding it a bit of a struggle working out the best way to add my Google Contacts to the maps so they were organised sensibly and easy to lookup when using maps/navigation on the phone. Since I couldn’t find a step by step guide to piece it all together, I thought I’d post something here as it may be helpful to others muddling through like me.
I didn’t find an easy way to add all my contacts to the map, but then again I don’t think that’s a major problem - after all, I’m not likely to be visiting everyone listed in my address book.
Here’s what worked for me (there are two choices for the first step, depending whether your using the phone or tour desktop):
1. Adding Stars/Favourites To The Map (Phone)
You can add “Stars” to for your Google Contact from the People app on the phone. Select the contact, then "View home/work address", and assuming there's enough detail it will take you to that point on the map. Click on the marker, and you'll get the black Google Map screen which includes a greyed out star just below the clock. Click this and you’ll get a star on added to your map.
Or...
1. Adding Stars/Favourites To The Map (Desktop)
You can add “Stars” to for your Google Contact to Google Maps by going to the contacts page (http://www.google.com/contacts), selecting the contact and clicking the Map link (next to the address). This will bring up the Google Map page with a marker for that particular contact’s address. The address should also be listed at the left-hand side with a bold blue link. Next to that link will be a feint blue star outline. Click this and you’ll get a star on added to your map.
2. Renaming/Removing Favourites (Desktop)
That’s all well and good, but this star may not have the most convenient name. For example, it might be called “142 Main Street, Leicester”, but for the benefit of navigation, you may want to refer to it as “Home”, or “Dave’s House” etc.
To change the description to something more memorable, go to the Google Bookmarks page (https://www.google.com/bookmarks). Here you’ll be able to see all the starred items on your map and more importantly edit or delete them.
(Stared Items can also be viewed from the “My Maps” page from the main Google Maps site - but you can only view/select them, and not actually edit the details here.)
3. Using Your Favourites (Phone)
After synching your phone, when you bring up Google Maps Navigation Icon (i.e. the relatively new Blue Arrow that appeared in the 4.2.0 update) you’ll see all your favourite places, named accordingly under Choose Destination, “Starred Items”.
You can also access them from the main Google Maps App by clicking on the Bookmark icon next to the Start/End destination options that if you select “Directions”.
Hope this helps!
Matt
If you hold down the magnifying glass and say navigate (contact name) it will take you there,
Fon22
It's all a bit clunky though isn't it? You'd have thought that google would've come up with something at least as good as apple on one of their flagship products!? I got used to using my mrs iphone and it's so intuitive and integrated to add data between maps and contacts and the web.
Not on android. Took me a week to find out how to add a stupid star - which i don't seem to be able to turn off after either and have to have it on my screen. would be good to be able to toggle stars/pins in different layers - ie friends addresses, restaurants etc and to be able to easily integrate between web, maps and contacts.
You'll probably tell me you can - i hope so.
jooliohoolio said:
It's all a bit clunky though isn't it? You'd have thought that google would've come up with something at least as good as apple on one of their flagship products!? I got used to using my mrs iphone and it's so intuitive and integrated to add data between maps and contacts and the web.
Not on android. Took me a week to find out how to add a stupid star - which i don't seem to be able to turn off after either and have to have it on my screen. would be good to be able to toggle stars/pins in different layers - ie friends addresses, restaurants etc and to be able to easily integrate between web, maps and contacts.
You'll probably tell me you can - i hope so.
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Well you can delete the stars from the bookmarks page (http://www.google.com/bookmarks).
I'm still learning myself, but you're right, it is very clunky. It'd be nice if you could just add a star for the contact to the map with a single click from the phone.
EDIT: You can also delete them using the phone by selecting a star on the map, then deselecting the star in the same way you add it. Whilst you can simply add a star, I can't see a simple way of giving it a sensible name - the one you get always seems to be the first line of the address. It's the renaming bit (Step 2 in my OP) that was the main "missing link" for me, but it's perhaps not quite as clunky as I first thought.
With regards to layers, you can create a map online (My Maps -> Create New Maps) then add/copy places to that map. From the phone, you can then see a specific map by selecting Layers -> More Layers -> My Maps.
So, as I was going through the posts of Wildfire users, I saw some users claiming that they cannot find any suitable GPS application with offline maps. So, I am here to post the details which might help many to solve this problem of their.
(Note: I'm not advertising but just helping people)
There are many application in the market which have feature for offline maps or cached maps like google map, rmap, oruxmaps, ublox, locus etc. (these are the maps that i have tested and used and are working on hTc Wildfire)
So, here is the guide.
First of all you need one of the above mentioned software installed on your hTc Wildfire (all the above apps are free of cost)
Next you need the offline maps and the guide is as follows:
Step 1. You need to download/create offline map and you will need to download Mobile Atlas Creator (also known as MOBAC and it is a free open source software) tool with SQLite library. Java Runtime Environment should be installed on your computer since this software is written in java. (Google to download the software)
Step 2. Run Mobile Atlas Creator and from the drop-down box in the left upper corner of the screen select map provider.
Step 3. Using the mouse select the area you want. You can zoom in and out using the scroll button.
Step 4. Choose zoom levels for you offline map. Please note that creating maps of a large area with high resolution will result creating data file several gigabytes in size.
Step 5. Enter a name of your map and click “Add selection” button.
Step 6. Select the desired format from “Atlas settings” drop-box.
Step 7. Press “Create atlas” button and the download of the maps will begin and be quite patient because it might take time depending upon your internet download speed.
Hurry you are half way done with the offline maps.
Step 8. Once completed, open the folder with your atlas file. Copy the file on your Android device to /sdcard/"your app folder"/maps folder.
Step 9. Open the android application and press Menu button and goto settings and select the user defined map i.e. the one you placed on your sdcard.
How to save Google maps for offline use on android and you can save your bucks
Enable the Google Maps Labs Map Pre-caching:
1. Open Google Maps android app.
2. Press Menu button->More->Labs->Precache map area.
3. Now when you search for a location, click on the map label that appears.
4. In the location view, press Menu.
5. Press Precache map area.
This can be used to view 10 miles around the selected area (offline).
Here you go. All is set and you are good to go. (Note: The first start up might take time but the consequence will not)
I wont be taking any credit for the information i shared because it is all googled anyways if you liked the info please don't hesitate to press the "thanks" button
I use locus. (old versions)
Even locus has this facility ... you can try downloading the maps in SQLite format (Step 6.)
Update : Google Maps offline use added*
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I use iGo my way and I'm sattisfied with it, had no problems with him
I use navfree for free GPS navigation free on play store
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sayemahmed said:
I use navfree for free GPS navigation free on play store
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Yeah, I have used it. It is pretty easy though.
I want to use my device for offline maps, i think it would be the perfect device for that considering readability outdoors. I've had no success with google maps as they appear to only offer offline functionality for android 2.2 and up in version 6.9+, nor can i find a newish version that would run on the nook anyways. I was hoping someone else has found a solution for this be it with google maps or an alternative. Preferably with an ability to accept lat/long coordinates to find places.
Thanks a lot, i appreciate your time to read this and any input you may give the thread.
This would be a source of USGS topographical maps in PDF form: https://store.usgs.gov/
Unfortunately, the website seems borked.
There was a thread on GPS and Nooks.
Best bet is to interface it directly at 3.3V to ttyS1 (UART2).
You'd still need an app to deal with this all.
There's OruxMaps, it works with both online and offline maps.
to access the go-to-point feature, you need to to customize the interface:
Setting->user interface->buttons->buttons bar-> now you scroll that thing in the middle until you find an icon that looks like a marker over a line of dots and you put it in one of the side menus, now you have a go-to button.
on the same occasion you can get rid of all the GPS related buttons.