[android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread lbendlin
ever heard of OpenStreetMap? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.

[android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread Kivak
>From what I understand, OpenStreetMap would still require a data connection to download. Moreover, I am not looking for preexisting maps, I am looking to use my own maps. Maybe I don't understand fully? Thanks for the reply! -Mark On Jul 20, 11:30 am, lbendlin wrote: > ever heard of OpenStreet

[android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread Kivak
> Then I fail to understand your question. You created the map. You know > the GPS coordinate of the upper left-hand corner. You know the size of > the map in decimal degrees. Hence, you know how to convert a GPS > position from latitude/longitude to pixel coordinates on your map. I do understand

[android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread Kivak
> Ah, OK. I think the typical solution for that is map tiles, the way > Google does it. I assume map titles would be imageviews created dynamically as the user moves around? I've never done anything like that before so that's why I am curious. On Jul 20, 2:31 pm, Mark Murphy wrote: > On Wed, J

Re: [android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Kivak wrote: > From what I understand, OpenStreetMap would still require a data > connection to download. Nope. > Moreover, I am not looking for preexisting > maps, I am looking to use my own maps. Then I fail to understand your question. You created the map. Yo

Re: [android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Kivak wrote: > I do understand how to do that. What I am trying to find is an object > that I can use to display the map. These maps would be huge and I am > not sure that making an imageView with that size would work very well. Ah, OK. I think the typical solutio

Re: [android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread Mark Murphy
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Kivak wrote: >> Ah, OK. I think the typical solution for that is map tiles, the way >> Google does it. > > I assume map titles would be imageviews created dynamically as the > user moves around? I've never done anything like that before so that's > why I am curious

Re: [android-developers] Re: GPS Map using offline files

2011-07-20 Thread lbendlin
Here may be a good start http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to and