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mr_bridger 2010-02-07 11:05
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bratag (Post 513783)
I installed the location plugin for microb and then hit up google maps mobile and it works great for finding things around me.
Where did you find this then?

sxg75 2010-02-07 11:23
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
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Originally Posted by mr_bridger (Post 513626)
City visits, i find, are near impossible without google maps... on a recent trip to london, it was worth its weight in gold....
Is anybody aware of the fact that mankind is re-evolving to mindless apes when everybody's dependies on the big G are growing and and growing? Think about it.

Spudboy 2010-02-07 12:29
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_bridger (Post 514179)
Where did you find this then?
Just found it. It's in the App manager > Location & Navigation > 'maemo-geolocation'.


Quote:
Originally Posted by sxg75
Is anybody aware of the fact that mankind is re-evolving to mindless apes when everybody's dependies on the big G are growing and and growing? Think about it.
We're all DEVO!

mcdull 2010-02-07 13:22
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
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Originally Posted by sxg75 (Post 514191)
Is anybody aware of the fact that mankind is re-evolving to mindless apes when everybody's dependies on the big G are growing and and growing? Think about it.
SkyNet is on its way

GI jack 2010-02-14 23:26
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
I used google maps on an s60 smart phone, very nice and well done.

given the fact they've written the app for android, how hard could it be to port it to maemo, they're both linux right??

or mabey thats it, google has an andriod phone debuting and they don't want the n900 to interfere...

that'd be harsh. Real ****ing harsh, a foul so bad, you'd be entering Microsoft territory.

edit: It tried ovi-maps, its not bad, but I want my google maps, and lattitude support.

Modell900 2010-02-14 23:43
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
Quick question, you people DO know that google USES maps that NOKIA owns right?

But I agree google maps works faster...

Go to settings, position, positioningserver, change supl from nokia to this: supl.google.com

It will speed up map loading 10 times ;)

tuxfoo 2010-02-14 23:44
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GI jack (Post 526592)
given the fact they've written the app for android, how hard could it be to port it to maemo, they're both linux right??
Android apps are written in Java running using Android specific API's. The fact that the underlying kernels are both Linux does not necessarily make it easy to port between Android and Maemo. In fact, it is probably easier to port between Blackberry and Android than it is to port between Android and Maemo.

nbosch1 2010-02-15 00:05
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
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Originally Posted by Modell900 (Post 526614)
Quick question, you people DO know that google USES maps that NOKIA owns right?
Are you sure that they are still using Navteq anywhere? In the US they dropped Navteq in favor of Tele Atlas a couple years ago and recently started using mostly their own data... check the copyright at the bottom of a google maps page, is it still Navteq where you're at?

SAABoy 2010-02-15 00:10
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
I tried using Ovimaps for a little bit today. I was getting a little confused. I feel kinda bad for Nokia in this department... Some poor guys' creation (ovi maps) seems to be far less popular than google maps... :(

BTW, I posted in that request thread.

jaysire 2010-02-15 00:37
Re: Get Google Maps App ported to the N900
 
Hmm... I know Google has a really fancy As3 (Actionscript 3) API. I wonder if it would be a really bad or ok idea to create a Flash SWF that shows Google Maps in fullscreen.

I give As3 lectures and one of my students recently tried out the api and showed me it was more or less trivial to get a zoomable, scrollable map in Flash...

We could then probably implement a search box that pops up and shows a nice dialog for searching for an address... I have to look at the api though, to see what it allows and what it doesn't.

At best, it could make developing a Flash-based Google maps app really easy. At worst, it would be no better than the browser and be a lot more cpu intense...

What do you think?


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