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Here are the results of my brief research on this Issue:
ArcGIS runtime for Android. Seems to be oriented towards showing ArcGIS Server's Mapservices. It can show data in an offline mode, by storing tiles in the compact cache storage format, or by using tile packages.
OSMDroid A component which can be used to show data from Open Street Maps when on-line, ...
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I maintain the GPSTest app on Google Play, which is open-source on Github.
I'm actively interested in adding Galileo support in the app, but to do this I need to know what IDs the Galileo satellites show up as in the Android platform. And, this requires that there be some agreement between Galileo hardware manufacturers of those IDs - see Is there an ...
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The correct implementation is:
public static void getLocation(double x0, double y0, int radius) {
Random random = new Random();
// Convert radius from meters to degrees
double radiusInDegrees = radius / 111000f;
double u = random.nextDouble();
double v = random.nextDouble();
double w = radiusInDegrees * Math.sqrt(u);
double t = ...
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A few ideas come to mind for building your geospatial programming credentials:
Create a legacy of solutions and answers on GISse and Stack Overflow.
You will notice that many people on GISse creatively and wisely use
this forum to further their freelance work.
Create a web page or blog to show potential employers what you
know. Some of my favorites, and ...
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Implemented for Javascript:
var r = 100/111300 // = 100 meters
, y0 = original_lat
, x0 = original_lng
, u = Math.random()
, v = Math.random()
, w = r * Math.sqrt(u)
, t = 2 * Math.PI * v
, x = w * Math.cos(t)
, y1 = w * Math.sin(t)
, x1 = x / Math.cos(y0)
newY = y0 + y1
newX = x0 + x1
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Google has built their own vector map rendering engine based on OpenGL ES version 2:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#requiring_opengl_es_version_2
Here's a link about OpenGL ES on Android:
http://developer.android.com/training/graphics/opengl/index.html
OpenGL lets you leverage the underlying power of the GPU and get ...
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In short, yes - differential GNSS is now possible on Android, and, as of Android P (on supported devices), real-time kinematic (RTK), or carrier-phase measurements, are also possible.
The May 2018 Google I/O video "How to get one-meter location-accuracy from Android devices (Google I/O '18)" has a really good high-level explanation of the current state on ...
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Ok, with some initial issues cleared out the task is relatively simple.
Scale, prepresented as f.ex 1:50000 means that one unit on the map corresponds to 50.000 units in the real world.
For a paper map printed a scale of 1:50000 this means that 1 meter on the map corresponds to 50.000 meters in the real world, or to make it easier: 1 cm on the map ...
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I think the way that we create mapping applications is changing fast and the key to success in this industry is being ahead of that curve.
For example 10+ years ago when we wanted a blog we get a shared hosting solution, download a blogging platform like Wordpress or Movable Type install it on the server, buy a domain name, install a theme, bang our head ...
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Quantum GIS for Android is one option.
http://android.qgis.org
Here is more info: http://www.opengis.ch/android-gis
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Well, most people say OsmAnd is the best for Android. Lacking further details, I can't judge on your particular case. You need to know what features you want:
an app for end users or for mappers?
support for smartphone or tablet?
online or (fully) offline?
routing with different profiles?
POI search, address lookup?
open source / free / commercial app?
...
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Yes, you can use custom tiles with Android Maps API v2 - you can see a fully working example in our OpenTripPlanner for Android app on Github. (You can also download the app directly from Google Play)
We support the following tile providers:
LyrkOpenStreetMap
MapQuestOpenStreetMap
Mapnik
CycleMap
Google (normal, satellite, hybrid, terrain)
Our ...
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For offline maps using OSM data i find three libraries very much useful.
osmdroid : I use this library if i have to work with tiles that are in mbtiles format that i generate using tilemill. There is a bonus library for routing called osmbonuspack that adds lots of routing and POI functionality to this library.
mapsforge: I use this library when i need to ...
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I would recommend a different strategy, that consists on using the Java library JTS Topology Suite, which is open source software.
By using the class WKTReader you can get, for example, an instance of the MultiLineString class from the WKT you have. This class has methods to get the coordinates you need.
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Maps.me has map viewing POI search and query, routing and navigation and it can be used offline. Data is updated frequenrly and It is available for android and ios.
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My favorite app for doing these kinds of things is Locus map free. It can import KML file amongst many other formats, and can work completely offline.
If you need a base map, you can either download it within the app (for a fee) or add your own data either in mbtiles, or one of the other myriad formats that it supports.
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After three weeks of learning about web maps I finally found answers to all of
my questions. They will be more in the form of tutorial since this may help some
other beginner.
First I learned how standard tiling for EPSG:3857 works. It's nicely explained on
http://www.maptiler.org/google-maps-coordinates-tile-bounds-projection/.
Key thing is zoom factor ...
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Android GPS works native in hybrid apps, it just needs some settings within app. I'm absolute amateur with Android apps, I learned how to use Android Studio only for the purpose of writing hybrid Andriod app that uses Leaflet.
Below are GPS related excerpts from my hybrid app that worked for me.
Manifest:
...
<uses-permission android:name="android....
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I've had the chance to do some comparisons between iPhone data collected from a mountain bike with the data collection from a Garmin GPSMAP62sc.
They were fairly close for much of the ~30km route. However, at one point they were 100m+ out. This was on a service road (so no tree cover overhead but trees to the side) and close to a river canyon and on the side ...
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There are a lot of options for collecting GPS point information on Android; I'm experimenting with several of them but none work terribly well - my use case is a bit tough, though, as I'm working out of low-flying Cessna aircraft and need constant GPS positions and to be able to instantly record a correct GPS position together with a note.
OpenDataKit: ...
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I think the difference is likely due to the way that the Android phone with a GPS, and the iPhone using 3GS, are determining their location.
I am not sure about all Android phones, but it is likely that they are all using similar GPS for location purposes. This could be verified if you provided the similar models that you tested with. Anyway, the point is ...
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One quick and dirty way uses a recursive spherical subdivision. Beginning with a triangulation of the earth's surface, recursively split each triangle from a vertex across to the middle of its longest side. (Ideally you will split the triangle into two equal-diameter parts or equal-area parts, but because those involve some fiddly calculation, I just split ...
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I've done exactly the same thing for the same purposes - creating GIS-based rock climbing guides using GPS points taken with a mobile phone. I collected my points using an iPhone and the iGIS app. What I liked about iGIS was its ability to read/write directly to shapefiles, so you can get your attribute schema all setup outside of the app.
Screenshot of ...
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First of all, you need to create a map in "My Maps" (https://mapsengine.google.com/map/). You can import your kml there. You can find more information about the limitations in https://developers.google.com/maps/support/kmlmaps. After that, you can access the map you created from the Google maps app in your device.
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There is one app called "SHP Viewer"
Details please click here
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If you are 100% sure that requirements are not going to change, and you just need to store the coordinates of the points, then yes, go ahead and save the data in a MySQL database, as two double columns.
But if there is even a little chance that the scope can increase, then I'll suggest that you spend some time setting up a PostGIS database and save the data ...
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Some GPS hardware/subsystems in modern smartphones implement Kalman Filtering and sensor fusion.
For example, this is the system log output (edited for relevant portions- full dump is here) from a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3 after I fire up the LocationListener, when listening to the GPS_PROVIDER.
Here you see the app (GPS Benchmark) listening for GPS ...
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There is now a stable version of SpatiaLite for Android as announced by Sandro Furieri on the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/spatialite-users/tnmc-sOK1PM
You may also want to check out Bill Dollin's blog post: http://blog.geomusings.com/2012/11/26/spatialite-for-android-available/
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Its also worth noting:
https://bitbucket.org/nutiteq/android-map-samples/src/4c79d8058d55/jni/
There's an NDK build setup with SpatialSQLite
HTH
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Looking at the main OSM website, all the data you need is there, but isn't rendered in any of the standard styles. The tag you are looking for is seamark.
For instance, zooming in on a part of the Solent reveals nothing. But if you choose Edit|Browse (you'll need an OSM login), a few spots show up in the water. Clicking on one of these gives us the goodies.
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