Just wanted to point out that depending on the way you go, you might leverage the MapQuest Open* APIs, which have impressed me so far. http://developer.mapquest.com/
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:06 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again, so I was reading around the Google Web Services forums, and > it does seem that the mobile shared IP issue could be a problem. One > post suggests that a significant portion of mobiles in France share > only 30 outward facing ip addresses in total. But non of this is > officially documented anywhere, so we are left a little in the dark > here. > > This could be a real problem for our app, as going over quota using > the web direction service due to unrelated allocation is not really a > use case I can go forward with. I would speculate the Android team has > implemented a different rate limit system for the Location geocing as > otherwise surly this will be an issue here too. > > Where to move forwards, Im not sure, I think I will do some > investigation for other providers. > > Thanks -D > > > On Jul 7, 8:27 am, gjs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > There is other options as well - > > > > You could use both of google native & web based. > > > > Other map provider libraries/api eg: > > > > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/http://resources.arcgis.com/content/arcgis-android/api > > > > plus the online offering from microsoft, ovi > > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd877180.aspxhttp://api.maps.ovi.com/devguide/overview.html > > > > usgs -http://store.usgs.gov/ > > > > etc, etc > > > > Regards > > > > On Jul 7, 2:06 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 7:50 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 1) Looking at the native map api, there seems to be functionality > > > > missing that we would need, such as finding directions between two > > > > points and geocoding. > > > > > You can use the online Google Directions API and the built-in GeoCoder > > > class(es). > > > > > > Has this functionality been intentionality > > > > missed out due to Terms of Service restrictions? or is it in the road > > > > map for future api releases? > > > > > That would require insider Google knowledge into the maps library, > > > development of which has been fairly stagnant - you're unlikely to get > an > > > answer to that. > > > > > 2) We understand that we could make the app as a browser based app and > > > > > > use the functionality of the javascript v3 libs or even just use the > > > > web services to get the data we need to keep the app in line with the > > > > desktop version. But reading around the forums, it has been > speculated > > > > that mobile apps are going to fall into rate limiting problems due to > > > > mobile providers ip masking for individual phones (ie lots of phones > > > > on one ip, as far as google maps is concerned). Does anyone know what > > > > the state of play is here? > > > > > What "state of play"? > > > > > > I am a little confused about the recommended direction App developers > > > > are meant to take when building Android map based apps. The options > > > > seem to be, make a native app with missing functionality / > workarounds > > > > or make a browser based app that has all the functionality of the > > > > desktop version, but the interaction experience and visual quality of > > > > the app is poor in the browser compared to the native solution; any > > > > suggestions here? > > > > > Yup, that about sums it up. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > > > TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > > transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
