Overview of different geo APIs
summary
Android has had location APIs since API Level 1 and about 30% of apps request coarse or fine location, so mapping matters. Google Maps gives strong visualization but has no feature-level spatial operators; GraphHopper offers fast offline routing on OSM data and can run on-device; HERE/Here maps show promise but API access is hard to obtain; Leaflet targets mobile web, Mapbox focuses on custom cartography, MapForge and OSMdroid enable local rendering or tile-based offline maps, and Scout provides commercial OSM navigation.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:42Navigation
- 4:30Google Maps
- 6:19Grasshopper
- 8:23HBase
- 10:20Leaflet
- 13:40Mobile
- 14:15OpenStreetMap
- 16:55Scout
- 18:48Report
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