CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidopenstreetmap
user3610339
user3610339

Reputation: 21

Using OSM to develope android app

I have just started programming in JAVA and Android. I have been able to make an android app in which i store markers in a MySql database which i fetch using PHP and display them in a map overlay. Also i have allowed adding markers to the database as well. I am doing all this using Google Maps API and i would also like to do the same using Open Street Map. I would be thankful if anybody gave me some hints on how to do this or some links that would be useful to me. Thank you in Advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 159

Answers (1)

user149408
user149408

Reputation: 5881

Take a look at Mapsforge (http://code.google.com/p/mapsforge/). It is designed to be a near drop-in replacement to Google Maps. It's not completely trivial, but they have a sample app in the source code, which shows the basic moves to accomplish some common results.

Another option is Osmdroid (http://code.google.com/p/osmdroid/). The main difference being that with Mapsforge you download a map file and render it on the device, so maps will be available even without a data connection. Osmdroid downloads tiles from OSM, much like Google Maps API does from Google Maps.

Upvotes: 1

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