Google Android

Map API Presentation

13/03/2008
 Map API – Overview (1)
• Map rendering facility on Android device

• Similar to Google Earth

• Integrate map functionality into an Android

application
 Using Maps (1) - General
• MapActivity to handle creation, loading,
streaming and event handling

• MapView to display a map as a component

• MapController to navigate between map

locations
 Using Maps (2) - Overlays
• Overlays used to
display additional
graphics as layers on
top of a map
 Using Maps (3) - Locations
• Locations on a map specified using the geo-
URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) standard
– not fully supported

• Specify latitude and longitude as a Point,

translate this on map using the
PixelCalculator class
 Example #1 – Map API
• A game where the user is shown a map on
screen and the user must guess the country

• Store the country names and coordinates as

well as zoom level in a database

• Different difficulty levels (number of

countries in multiple choice, zoom level)
 Example #2 – Map API+
• Use the Map API in conjunction with other
APIs to increase program functionality

• Using Location and Media APIs, acquire

data on a location such as photos or videos
(via RDF) and display them to the user
 References
• Android Map Package Documentation

http://code.google.com/android/reference/com/google/andr
oid/maps/package-summary.html

• geo URI Draft Proposal

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mayrhofer-geo-uri-00