Gnome Maps: free software services

for a new desktop experience

dardin88
MSc in computer science @ unisa
Google Summer of Code 2014
Gnome Maps developer
GraphHopper developer

Gnome Maps?

Gnome Maps?
Maps is a map application for GNOME 3.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Maps

Gnome Maps?
Maps is a map application for GNOME 3.
The first preview has been released with Gnome 3.10.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Maps

Gnome Maps?
Maps is a map application for GNOME 3.
The first preview has been released with Gnome 3.10.
Its developed in Gjs (a Javascript binding for Gnome).

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Maps

Why Gnome Maps?

Free and Open Sorce Software
Integration with Gnome Shell and Apps
and...

Why Gnome Maps?

Free and Open Sorce Software
Integration with Gnome Shell and Apps
and
Its a demo of what you can do using FOSS

What Gnome Maps do?

What Gnome Maps do?

Search for a place

What Gnome Maps do?

Show your location

What Gnome Maps do?

Calculate a routing

What Gnome Maps do?

All this using two different kind of maps

What will Gnome Maps do?

Show POI (points of interest)
Provide social integration (check-in and show friends check-in)
Show alternatives in routing
Provide integration with Gnome Contacts
Provide integration with Gnome Weather / Clocks

How Gnome Maps works?

How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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How Gnome Maps works?

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Lesson Learned
There are a lot of open source services that
provides all you need for building a map based
application!

Thanks for your attention!

Dario Di Nucci
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