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Is there an comparison of the various mapping libraries for Android?

I am currently looking at the various libraries that I can use to show a map in my custom Android App. I have found several like Mapsforge, OSMDroid, ArcGIS runtime for Android, Google Maps for ...
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how to fetch the geographic data for a given scope effectivily [closed]

We have the shapfile data in the backend, and now we have to get the features for a given scope (for example a BBOX), so what is the effective solution? Update: We are building an android ...
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How to build a portfolio for a GIS/Java career path?

I have been a GIS Analyst for over 10 years and am currently studying java (50% through the course). My plan is to develop GIS applications mainly focused towards open source solutions. I would like ...
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How do I group near points with GPS positions?

I'm an IT person so I don't know too much about projections and so on, I hope you can help me. I have made an application for Android that collects a GPS position, so I have the latitude and the ...
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OpenLayers crashes stock browser on Android 4.0.4 devices [closed]

Update: The issue appears to be with OpenLayers Release 2.13 dev. I mistakenly mentioned 2.12 as being problematic but have retested with no problems. Also, no problems with 2.13rc3 We're ...
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List of GIS applications for Android Tablets

I know that ArcGIS will someday be available for Android, but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets?
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How to calculate the bounding box by a given center and scale in Android?

Given these conditions: a scale like 1:50000 the center of the viewport is 100°E, 20°N the size of the viewport is 400x600 How can I calculate the bounding box of the viewport? Update after ...
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'GIS' grade mobile mapping app that isnt ArcPad? [duplicate]

I am a GIS analyst/geologist with a mining company based in Canada. However most of my fieldwork is in remote places with minimal access to the internet. I am after a reliable alternative to ArcPad ...
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From OSM to shape. Parsing problem

I'm working at OpenStreetMap project for android at the moment. I want to retrieve OSM data from my app(nodes, markers and paths) and convert it to shape file (.shp, .dbf and .shx). Later, I'll load ...
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Which data format can be used with both QGIS Desktop and Android?

My data is in MS Access geodatabase(creating with ArcGIS). I want use Qgis desktop and Qgis android (and dropbox) Is it required to convert my mdb file to another format? (Qgis on Android can't ...
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which mobile gis application developing is better for me

I want to develop a mobile app with the following features: work offline on mobile and don't need access to the internet (disconnect mode) can import layers to it in public extensions (shape file, ...
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WMS-C Google Maps v2 Android

I'm have added a map from a WMS-server in Google Maps v2 for Android using the code provided from this site: http://www.azavea.com/blogs/labs/2013/01/wms-on-android/ . The tiles are downloaded and ...
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Couldn't load GLMapCore: findLibrary returned null

Im getting this Error when loading an ESRI map inside the Android Environment. This didn't happen with ESRI's .1 Alpha SDK, but it does happen with their 1.0.0 SDK. I know it has something to do with ...
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ArcGIS Online Map using URL does not work with PhoneGap

I wanted to show my public accessible ArcGIS Online map with URL on a simple Hello World PhoneGap project with Eclipse. Eclipse threw out the following error in LogCat. Web Console:RequestError: ...
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Is there a geographic data render library on android [duplicate]

In my application we have to draw the map according to the vector data. So I wonder if there is any library to render the data? For example, a highway may be rendered with different width/color by ...
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How can I transmit and receive the error? [closed]

I have created an android app, which is capable of accessing Google map and getting the current location (co-ordinates) and I also found the error in that current location, by using mathematical ...
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Tablet or smart phone GPS vs “real” GPS

I've been reading a lot today about android and iphone devices being used for spatial data collection in the field and it sure seems to be that single purpose devices such as the extremely popular ...
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Displaying KMZ file + my location in Android Google Maps application?

This is probably a newbie question, but I don't know anything about GIS. Someone sent me a GPX file that I converted into a KMZ file so it's displayed in Google Maps. It works fine when viewed in a ...
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How to get route between Two lat/long using ArcGis Map in Android?

What I'm trying to do is have two edit boxes for source and destination. Based on those two locations I need to draw the route on an ArcGIS map in Android. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly ...
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Use leaflet draw plugin with mobile application

I am working on an Android project using leaflet to show a map, but I also want to add drawing features to my application. I found the leaflet draw plugin, but it's not really designed for mobile ...
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SID and/or ECW support on QGIS for Linux

Running QGIS on Ubuntu 11.04 and QGIS for Android on Galaxy Tab 10.1 (which is an awesome project by the way) NEED to figure out a way to get SID and/or ECW files loaded. Saw some posts about ...
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Developing Carto Mobile App

I have the project to develop a mobile application (Android) being able to get offline maps, go on the field, collect datas about the area we're at and then synchronize it with our data server when ...
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How to build Android spatialite?

I have been trying to build spatialite for Android for a few days now without success. I have even tried the recent documentation from the Google project page here: ...
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popular solution for display both tiles and vector data in android map app

We are planning to build a location based app like google map in android. We have some experiences in the PC development,that's to say we have a similar javascript api like google map javascript api, ...
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ArcGIS Routing on Android with Network Analyst module

I am currently developing an Android App for navigation purposes. It is based on the ArcGIS Android API. I have an ArcGIS server (with network analyst module) with all the needed data running. At the ...
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qgis android problem on load

Hi I am new to both android and qgis, but have 20 yrs experience with mapinfo and arc gis. I have installed qgis on a nexus 7 (4.2), but keep getting the error : No qgis data provider plugins found ...
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Solution for android map app with offline use

As the title reveals i'm in search of a way to develop an app for android with embedded maps which can work without an internet connection(i.e. can i get the tiles of the open streetmap for offline ...
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How to display ESRI shapefile in Android

It's the first time I work with Android and ESRI shapefile. I tried to find but could not find any tutorials to display ESRI shapefile in Android. Somebody can help me about this??? Thank you so so ...
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Tracking field personnal using android app and showing in ArcGISonline

Planning to equip field personnel with GPS enabled phones (android) and collect the location and photograph of assets. Can we use ArcGIS for android in the phone, use this to upload GPS and photos , ...
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How to Draw a Point on a Geotiff in Android and Put it in the Postgresql Database?

I need to: Open a geotiff in my phone (android) {offline) Draw a point Get it's coordinates (X,Y) Fill in the data attributes (name of the point, ...) Put the data and the coordinates in my ...
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GIS storage format for better performance - Android device

We have developed an android application which loads different eco-zones and does geo-fencing based on current GPS location. We have converted a shapefile to KML, then to JSON format, for loading in ...
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Display Georeferenced Images on Android

I'm looking for an Android application (best would be Open Source), that can display georeferenced images on top of a map (Google, OSM, ...). By Georeferenced I mean that the images four corners are ...
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How to fix the QGIS for Android GPS panel?

I have installed qgis on my samsung galaxy s1. But I cant test the gps. I found how to turn the gps on, but I cannot open the gps pannel to do it. When i press view->panels there is nothing happens.
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The coordinates measure are out of bounds in Android route task

I am a beginner in ArcGIS and I was following this tutorial. I am trying to find a route between two points. I created a sample application, in which first, i get the two points on map single tap as ...
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How do I reduce the number of drawn polygons on an Android Map?

We're using spatialite-android and Nutiteq to render Archaeological datasets. One of our sample data sets has 7000 polygons that turn into 400,000 objects in our renderer. Is there a common GIS ...
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Can't Find Raster with Android QGIS [closed]

I can't seem to use QGIS android file system to find input files on my xoom. I have stored Alaska raster on both sdcard and sdcard2, but I can't find it with QGIS. I managed to solve this problem ...
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SQLite QGIS for Android not loading

I have installed the latest version (http://android.qgis.org/download/apk/qgis-bug304240-workaround.apk) QGIS for android on my tablet. I found out that this app does not support SQLite files. SQLite ...
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Android Apps to edit WFS-T

Are there any mobile Android Apps where you can edit the Features served via a WFS-T?
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Openlayers on Android and chrome browser - white lines when using viewport meta tag

When rendering TMS tiles, sometimes there is a white line that shows up between tiles. Not between all tiles, just some, and only sometimes. Pan around and it disappears and reappears again. ...
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What are the requirements for developing with ArcGIS for Android?

I want to develop a GIS application based on the ArcGIS for Android SDK. I want to inform my client about the hardware and software he needs to run this project after building it. Please help me if ...
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Whats steps can I suggest to achieve the best Geolocation Result

We are using Geolocation (getCurrentPosition()) in a website to determine a users position when using our site from a mobile device. I want to write an article explaining how the user can obtain the ...
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deCarta Android API geocode throws Protocol not found exception

I am using the deCarta Android API to find the GPS Lat/Lng of a street address. However, whenever I try to use the geocode method of the Geocoder class it always throws the exception: Protocol not ...
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What GIS tools and packages are needed to find out nearby users in android application?

I'm building a location based android application with following requirements: Need to find out nearby users(i.e users using the same application) Need to find out users in the state Need to find ...
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Mobile offline mapping and editing of shapefiles

I've got a client that wants to create a mobile app that can view and edit shapefiles stored locally on the device to enable it to work offline. There is a possibility of converting the shapefiles to ...
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How to run Spatialite on Android?

Does anyone know if it is possible to get Spatialite running on Android? Specifically for either Android 2.1 or 2.2. I've been browsing the web, and although it seems technically possible, I haven't ...
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Are there any known problems using GPS connection in Android version of QGIS? [closed]

I install QGIS both my netbook (windows win7 starter) and My tablet (android 4.0). I can used GPS option in windows version and I can save location points from GPS. However, I could not manage same ...
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Are there any GIS component that can be used for developing GIS applications for Android phones?

I know that ESRI has ArcGIS APIs for Android what other options are there for me as developer, if I'm about to develop GIS applications for an Android phone?
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Developing GIS Application on Android

Is there any Open Source GIS Software for Android in which we can perform Various Geoprocessing Operations (like Buffering,union and intersection) and that should be customizable eg: what we do in ...
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Android ArcGIS Javascript 2.2

The website claims that touch gestures are supported for Android browsers. I'm running 2.2 and have not been able to get touch gestures to work. What can be done to enable it? This works for iPhone ...
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Android offline app to visualize GeoTIFF maps (or any well-known raster format)

I like to go to mountain, and got lots of GeoTIFF maps, which I can convert to other formats with GlobalMapper (JPG+JGW, ECW, ...). However, I haven't found an Android app to: - show these raster ...

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