Since iOS 6.0 uses Apple Map,I would like to add Google Map as Overlay by using TileOverlay.Is there any possibility that App store rejects the application ? Can I directly adapt Overlays to mapkit without significant change in my existing code? what about adding Annotations to Overlay Maps?
Now Google Map release the new Google Maps SDK for iOS allows users to view and interact with a Google map in your iOS app. Let's check it out : a link here! Cheers
Why not using Googles new maps SDK for iOS?
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I am developing an iOS app that includes a google maps api map view and a layer that contains controls to manipulate the map. Thus far I have attempted to use Cocos-2d, however there seems to be a conflict in sharing the view between cocos2d and google maps (probably because of OpenGL issues). Is there a way to share both a cocos2d view and a google maps view at the same time? Otherwise what are my other options? Thanks in advance!
The Map Kit Framework Reference says:
In iOS5.1 and earlier,the Map Kit framework uses the Google Mobile Maps (GMM) service to provide map data.
If I use the MapKit framework for displaying maps, it is using google maps for iOS 5.1 and earlier, for iOS 6 it uses apples new maps. Can I force MapKit to still use goggle mobile maps instead?
Related Links:
What's new in iOS6, Location Awarness Programming Guide
No, not possible.
With iOS 6 and above, you cannot access Google Maps natively. If you wish to use MapKit on iOS 6, you're stuck with Apple Maps. End of. This shouldn't be too much of a problem; MapKit should work seamlessly with either Google Maps on iOS 5 and Apple Maps on iOS 6, and you use the same API and code in either version.
You can still access Google Maps via URL (http://maps.google.com/...), and send the user to it via Safari, or maybe using a UIWebView, but the functionality you have will be fairly restricted (only what's possible to pass in the URL as parameters). You'll have a lot of work cut out for yourself if you want to support Google Maps in iOS 6.
I want to know if is it not at all possible to use Google maps on iOS 6 ?
I had one App prepared and now when I am using it iOS 6, It automatically takes Apple maps !
Since I dont want to use Apple maps, So I want to know if any how,Is it possible to use Google maps on
iOS 6 !
You can still google maps, but not on mapkit. The google maps has a very useful API you can use to generate the maps. You won't be able to use MKMapKit thou, but you can use google's static maps API to show the map content.
Edit: here's a new open source project with google maps tile Link and here is a link for the alternative, official, bing maps toolkit Link
The website maps.google.com works fine.
You could now. Google present iOS SDK for iOS 6. http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-way-to-add-google-maps-to-your.html
Is there any way to show my custom Google map ("My maps" feature in Google Maps) in my iPhone App (MapKit)?
I know I can do some things with the maps using MKAnnotation (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4651847/google-maps-shading-ios), but I would like to create and edit custom map online (through Google Maps) and then display it on Google Maps (my personal map, associated with specified Google Account) on iPhone/iPad.
Im not aware of anyway you can access your 'My Maps' from within MapKit. One option would be to use Route Me which is an open source map view for iOS. Its fairly well developed now and straight forward to implement. I'm not sure specifically how you would use your maps, but changing a few URLs here and there in the code should do the trick.
At that point, if you're rendering google maps, you should abandon MapKit and use the Google Maps iOS SDK (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/start)
I'm not sure from there's a native binding in there to access 'My Maps'.
I recommend you look at MapBox that provide full Map tiles customization as well as markers and overlays that can be used in iOS almost without any effort.
I would like to include a map on a web site optimised to be displayed on an iphone. What options do I have for this?
I use Google Maps Api
Google Maps API Family
You may also be interested to have a look at this:
iphone-google-maps-component
If the website is accessed from a custom native iPhone app, you can use the MapView from the MapKit framework, which provides an interface for embedding maps directly into iPhone windows and views. The MapKit framework uses Google services to provide map data.