Google Android Map API Presentation 13/03/2008

Map API – Overview (1) Map rendering facility on Android device Similar to Google Earth Integrate map functionality into an Android application

Using Maps (1) - General MapActivity to handle creation, loading, streaming and event handling MapView to display a map as a component MapController to navigate between map locations

Using Maps (2) - Overlays Overlays used to display additional graphics as layers on top of a map

Using Maps (3) - Locations Locations on a map specified using the geo- URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) standard – not fully supported Specify latitude and longitude as a Point, translate this on map using the PixelCalculator class

Example #1 – Map API A game where the user is shown a map on screen and the user must guess the country Store the country names and coordinates as well as zoom level in a database Different difficulty levels (number of countries in multiple choice, zoom level)

Example #2 – Map API+ Use the Map API in conjunction with other APIs to increase program functionality Using Location and Media APIs, acquire data on a location such as photos or videos (via RDF) and display them to the user

References Android Map Package Documentation oid/maps/package-summary.html geo URI Draft Proposal