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João Menighin
João Menighin

Reputation: 3225

Make my own "Google Maps" using device location

Im on my final project in which I would like to build an android app especifically for the university context. Therefore I would like to use geolocation but for matters of detailed information (colors, shapes, buildings, etc) and gamefication I would like to draw my own map and the user should be able to see his position on this map. So I would have this drawn map and I would use the device's location service and transform the coordinates to a position on my map.

I'm kinda lost on this, didn't find much on the web. So I would apreciate if anyone could point me a direction or if anyone could tell me how hard would it be to implement. Would it be as simple as a function Point foo (double lat, double lon);?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 139

Answers (1)

Dr.Jukka
Dr.Jukka

Reputation: 2396

Drawing the whole map completely would be rather difficult and would involve loads of extra work, thus I would suggest you an alternative that would allow you to have your own drawings, on top of the already made Map.

You could for example use the groundoverlay, for items that you want to draw yourself. and then use the google maps under it to show the map, and to handle any positioning etc.

Upvotes: 1

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