Since there is a demand for map use in China and since China cannot use Google Map Services, I am wondering if MKMapKit supports offline maps?
MapKit does not allow you to do this. If you want this functionality, you should probably use a different mapping framework, like OpenStreetMap.
Not Support offline right now. better to try other map frameworks like
1.Bing Maps( Microsoft Bing suite)
2.WikiMapia Map etc
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I'm using MapBox for a iPad app and we want to use various image sources for the map imagery.
Is there a way to get google map tiles and show them in MapBox?
We could construct the url's to get the tiles directly but google will block you if you do this, because we wouldn't be using the official API.
Is there any other option to solve this problem?
It is technically possible, but Google's terms of service don't allow display of their tiles outside of their own software frameworks.
I'm currently developing an app that needs to display a map of where the user is currently located in the world. For technical reasons, I need to access every map tiles as an image (png/jpg) before going in the rendering pipeline.
I have tried 3rd party services like MapBox, MapQuest as they have a REST api that enables me to receive a png/jpg of a tile according to the requested location. The issue here is that MapBox isn't free, so I was wondering if there was a way to access the tiles that Apple provides in it's maps app. What service are they using under the hood? Would I be violating some terms of use by going with this approach.
Please note that using some integrated "do-it-all" UIMapView is not an option for me, I need the image directly.
Thanks
Google has a REST API. You can see the details here https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/?csw=1. It does cost money if you go over the usage limits.
I manually download Map Tiles for my app, but I don't use MKMapKit. I have my own MapView and I am using a combination of MapBox, Thunderforest, CalTopo, OSM, and map tiles that I generated and host on AWS. All of them have a pretty easy map tile URL scheme, but you do have to pay for most of them.
This might be a very stupid question for some people but I want to be make sure about this.
In iOS6 Apple has updated its Map application and added his own map. Now if I develop any native application and include map(MKMapView) into this so are their any changes which I should be aware of them?
Previously, I was using Google web service to fetch the latitude and longitude between two locations and draw direction. Does Apple provide its own web services for the same?
are their any changes which I should be aware of them?
MKMapView will still work fine, but the map it displays will look a little different. Also, if you limit your app to iOS versions that use only Apple's maps, you might not be subject to Google's terms and conditions. Read your agreements.
Does Apple provide its own web services for the same?
There's CLGeocoder. It's a class, not a web service, but that just makes it easier to use.
Using MKMapView framework didn't change just because the images are different. It should work fine.
Google's Terms Of Service say that you can't show their data on someone else's maps. So if your app is still getting data from a Google webservice you'll need to use the Google Map SDK that they have put out, not the usual MKMapView on iOS 6+.
If you are only using Google's webservice to turn a human readable address into lat/long then you can do that using CLGeocoder as Caleb suggested, but Google offer other services too.
I've been checking out the new Google Maps SDK for iOS that allows you to bypass Apple Maps for map related features in your app!
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/intro
The SDK seems fairly easy to use, but i want to know:
If it is possible to use the SDK (are there API's) to download individual Map tiles?
If so, how?
Ive looked at the documentation given on their developer portal and it says the following:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/map
The key class when working with a Map object is the GMSMapView class. GMSMapView handles the following operations automatically:
Connecting to the Google Maps service.
Downloading map tiles.
Displaying tiles on the device screen.
Displaying various controls such as pan and zoom.
Responding to pan and zoom gestures by moving the map and zooming in or out.
Responding to two finger gestures by tilting the viewing angle of the map.
It seems like the downloading of the tiles happens automatically, or are there API's that allow manual access to the tiles?
If not, any workarounds would also help!
The documentation and header files do not indicate any way to download individual map tiles.
Even if you would find a workaround, you would not be allowed to use it. See clause 10.1.1 (a) in the Terms of Service:
No Access to Maps API(s) except through the Service. You must not access or use the Maps API(s) or any Content through any technology or means other than those provided in the Service, or through other explicitly authorized means Google may designate. For example, you must not access map tiles or imagery through interfaces or channels (including undocumented Google interfaces) other than the Maps API(s).
Are there any third party libraries or SDK's - commercial or open source - that would provide a straightforward way to integrate Bing Maps in a BlackBerry application? Now that Bing Maps Mobile is free for use in consumer-facing apps, it's a really compelling choice.
Nutiteq provides the only option I've found so far (short of developing in house). Hoping there are others.
Thanks in advance.
Bing maps has a REST API. You can see this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701722.aspx
However, I am not sure about any SDK for Blackberry. Check if any unofficial project has used this REST API to create a wrapper for Blackberry. Otherwise, you can always use the browser field to fetch the map tiles.