> -----Original Message----- > From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers- > boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Till Harbaum > Sent: 11 June, 2010 12:03 > To: maemo-developers@maemo.org > Subject: QT map widget > > Hi, > > with the switch to qt i think there's a need for a qt map widget. I > really see a need for a unified widget to be used by all applications. > The current situation with multiple different map widgets on maemo5 > shows what imho should be prevented: > > - They store cached tiles at different locations wasting bandwidth as > well as device flash space > - No central point for map maintenance (e.g. cleaning the map cache or > downloading entire areas into the cache for offline usage) > - No easy and central way to add new map sources > - The overall look and feel is different although they intend to > provide similar function > - Some widgets work behind network proxies, some don't > - None of these widgets is really developer friendly
I agree with those. > Sampo Savola, the author of ecoach suggested to think about a qt map > widget. I am also interested in this as i am the author of osm2go, maep > and gpxview. Who else would like to contribute to this? I'd like to > make sure that such a widget satisfies most developers need to be able > to address above issues with one single qt map widget. It looks like the people at Qt are thinking of this as well. http://qt.nokia.com/developer/qt-roadmap/ mentions Maps/Navigation API and while the details are really scarce (it's only a roadmap, so that is expected), it does state that: "Provides an API to access maps, landmarks and route information for navigation." Now just to find some troll from Qt who could open that up a bit. Tero > A start may be this widget: > http://medieninf.de/qmapcontrol/ > > > Till _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
