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Meir Tolpin
Meir Tolpin

Reputation: 35

GPS map in java

I want to write a client - Server navigation app in Java, the client only sends its position to the server, the server is building a map with the client position and any route. How can I create a map in java ? maybe there is a way to use Google Maps ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2543

Answers (1)

ReyAnthonyRenacia
ReyAnthonyRenacia

Reputation: 17613

For the server side:

Google has a Java Google Maps Web Services you can use. This enables you to work with Google Maps web services on your server.

For the client side:

To make a Java google maps program, try to delve into JavaFX, thanks to Java 1.8. It has WebEngine and WebView classes which you can use to load the google maps URL.

Here's a snippet:

@Override public void start(Stage stage) {
        // create web engine and view
        final WebEngine webEngine = new WebEngine(getClass().getResource("googlemap.html").toString());
        final WebView webView = new WebView(webEngine);
        // create scene
        stage.setTitle("Web Map");
        Scene scene = new Scene(webView,1000,700, Color.web("#666970"));
        stage.setScene(scene);
        // show stage
        stage.setVisible(true);
 }

Here's a link to the full tutorial.

If you want you can also explore into GMapsFX,a wrapper to the Google Map's Javascript API, allowing you to use and interact with maps using a pure Java API.

Upvotes: 1

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