Is there anyway of displaying Google StreetView in my ipad app, or in the future are there any known plans to support it? Is there any other way of showing it?
No, use a link to the coordinate to open in the maps app. With the way things are going between Apple and Google it's not likely to happen anytime soon.
Here's an example:
http://maps.google.com/?q=Tokyo#35.680,139.769
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I'm developing a web app with google maps and i'm now looking to transfer it to an iPhone app, probably using phonegap as it allows html5 coding for phone apps.
My question is- will google maps display ok on an iphone app?
regards,
Matt
I just made a Taxi ordering app using HTML5 (PhoneGap). Problem with Google Map api was that it was very slow. We decided to use MapKit instead. Google maps looked fine though.
Yes, If you going to use HTML, google maps should run fine on iPhone. But if going to submit to the App Store it might be rejected or its going to be slow.
i am using sharekit open source for facebook/twitter sharing , and also Google maps for displaying the maps and all that stuff like driving directions, current location, annotations etc etc in my iPhone application . i just want to know about its acceptance on itunes by apple.
Does Apple Approve share kit?
Can google maps be used in iPhone??
Please give me any idea about it
Thanks
Even though ShareKit is hopelessly dated and not updated since ages (last update over a year ago), there still is no reason for Apple to not approve your app when using it. Personally, I would strongly advise to not use ShareKit as it is super buggy and did not keep up with the latest changes on Twitter's API but that is your choice.
Google Maps also is not a show-stopper at all. As said by others, there are many Apps on the AppStore using it.
Can I create an iOS commercial application (a couple of dollars to download in appstore) using the MKMApView component?
I know it is based on Google images so... I don't know.
Absolutely, MapKit is used in thousands of commercial apps. You can read the terms of service here if you want to look into it further.
Note that you can't do turn-by-turn based directions using MapKit - I believe Google's TOC restricts that. Chances are that Apple wouldn't let you put that app past the review process anyhow...
Yep, my app is a paid app that uses MKMapView. However, I cannot use Google's geocoding service to get the lat/lon of a street address without paying for a Google Maps API license since I would be using it from a non-free app.
has anyone had any experience using BING maps on the iphone/ipad? We have an application which uses the googlemaps default map in the SDK, but we now have a requirement to use BING maps instead.
I am thinking we'd use the BING API via a UIWebView?
Has anyone else tried this? Thanks for any information!
I've used a bing API n a UIWebView, however the JS is rather costly, yet until I find and discover a BING SDK for the iPhone/iPad will probably have ot resort to that.
One other thing you can try (which I've just started down the path of), is trying to use HTML5 to cache a bunch of the is parts to it and see if that might speed the implementation up.
Hope that helps!
Apparently, the http://ibing.codeplex.com/ project on Codeplex was created with the intent of adding Bing Maps support for iOS and MacOS developers. It doesn't look to have been updated in over a year, and I don't know if it even works. Just thought I'd post it for anyone interested in checking it out.
this maybe another approach worth looking into
https://github.com/mtigas/iOS-MapLayerDemo
Recently announced and posted on the Bing Maps Blog on 5 May 2011, a new Bing Maps control/SDK is now available for iOS.
The Bing Maps iOS Control is an Objective-C control for embedding maps directly into native iOS apps. With a rich, gesture-based UI provided by Seadragon, the Bing Maps iOS Control provides support for adding pushpins and other overlays to the map, allows your device location to be displayed, and provides the ability to retrieve contextual information for a given map location.
Link to download the SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6e01a102-49ed-409e-b384-0b67521fb612
I am working on a prototype port of one of our iPhone apps to Android.
The iPhone app uses the RouteMe API to load our own custom maps into the application. (also tiled, just like Google Maps itself, so only loading what you see at that moment - this is very important in this case)
I have been searching for a similar product for Android. I found Nutiteq, but as RouteMe is free, I am trying to find something free for Android as well.
If anybody has suggestions, I would love to hear them. The more information the better, of course :).
EDIT:
Still haven't found anything that acts the same as RouteMe, so suggestions are still very welcome.
Maybe you can get away with the standard MapView and Overlays?