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 android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com. 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.