Hi, Yes OSM maps can be slow (to download) according to where you source them from, however once OSM map tiles are downloaded and cached locally they do work ok / reasonably fast within Android Google Maps (views).
Regards On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 9:29:07 PM UTC+11, Alain Bonnefoy wrote: > > Gary, > > I already use OSM, with MapsForge maps for offline usage, but I didn't > understood that was also useable with GoogleMaps. > And OSM maps are much slower than GoogleMaps to be refreshed. > So, I was wondering to keep using OSM or not... > > Thanks, > > Le dimanche 20 mars 2016 09:08:55 UTC+1, gjs a écrit : >> >> Hi, >> >> You can download, cache and use Open Street Map tiles in an Android Map >> view when there is no internet coverage, if you search in Stack Overflow >> for TileProvider you might find some examples eg >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14784841/tileprovider-using-local-tiles?rq=1 >> >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F14784841%2Ftileprovider-using-local-tiles%3Frq%3D1&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEQD3uchshMgPcQWWOpuzXgD3KjPQ> >> >> and >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14253790/android-google-api-v2-enable-disable-tileprovider?rq=1 >> >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fstackoverflow.com%2Fquestions%2F14253790%2Fandroid-google-api-v2-enable-disable-tileprovider%3Frq%3D1&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHDku8aJ8lLpthJy5SfclVceQ84IQ> >> >> that will help you with using OSM map tiles. >> >> Regards >> >> On Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 8:41:26 PM UTC+11, Alain Bonnefoy wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> It's possible to define and download a part of the map for using in non >>> Internet covering area. >>> >>> But I didn't find something about using it from an application. >>> >>> So I'm wondering if it's possible to use it in my MapView and how? >>> >>> Regards, Alain >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/android-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-developers/282612d6-fc9a-4a43-aed6-6dd4b9a52e8c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
