Talk:Mini App With Location API and Google Maps in Java ME
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This article is one of several articles in the Forum Nokia wiki describing how to create mash-up mobile applications involving Google Maps. The article demonstrates how to display the user’s current location marked on a map tile image downloaded via the Google Maps REST web service. The author does a good job of explaining the process of obtaining the mobile phone’s location using the Location API (JSR-179) in Java ME. Unlike many other articles which just provide code, the role of the Criteria object which need to be supplied when requesting a LocationProvider instance is explained.
The article is well written and would be a useful starting point for anybody building their first map-based application or implementing a fairly simple location-based service. There are many other similar articles available which discuss the issue in more detail (using Google Maps and other map services). Examples include:
How to use Google Maps data in mobile applications
OpenStreetMap or MapTP maps on Java ME
--Larry101 17:48, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
