Thanks for the reply, On further investigation it looks like I will have to go down the api route to get this to work, I guess the next hurdle will be if Apple are happy with me doing that way, the URL's I have have the log and lat in them so I can pick them out, I might be left with the starting image being in the wrong direction.
This is a key part of the application and is the main driving force for 'going mobile' so I need to find a way round this issue. If I find a solution I will post it up. ATB Alex On 27 Jun 2012, at 17:44, Jason Awbrey wrote: > I think iOS detects any link to google maps and passes that to the mapping > application. This is possibly a requirement of their agreement with Google, > and I'd be curious to see if this behavior changes in iOS 6. Even if you > explicitly type in maps.google.com in mobile safari, the mobile maps UI does > not give you a street view option. > > You can get into street view from the maps app by clicking on a pin, but I > don't know if there is any way to automate this from an external link > > I know this doesn't really answer your question, but if your goal is to have > street view on your device it appears that both Apple and Google are working > against you > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Alex White <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > a small bit of history, I have an existing application that currently runs on > MS windows it is database of points of interest, the application has a lot of > users, each of these users uses google with the street view option to find > these places of interest then using the link button on the page they copy and > paste the actual street view links into their databases, this in most cases > is the proper image of the point of interest not a map view. > > for example > > http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=East+Ferry+Road,+Poplar&hl=en&ll=51.491084,-0.030985&spn=0.000053,0.058622&sll=51.491843,-0.007523&sspn=0.007642,0.029311&vpsrc=0&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=51.491166,-0.014654&panoid=RH906-yvUj2Wv3WzjuXNWw&cbp=12,183.75,,1,1.82 > > these databases contain up to 20,000 links like the one above so moving over > to another system really is not an option considering that most of the work > is still carried out on the PC's and these links are moved onto the > iPhone/iPad for review later. > > I am not getting this to work properly in the UIWebview it is converting it > into some sort of mapping app, this is not what I want it to do, I just want > the UIWebview to display the URL I am passing and provide the results. > > I don't mind if I have to shell out to safari but that does not seem to work > either. > > UIWebView > > NSUrl nsurl = new NSUrl(_address); > NSUrlRequest req = new NSUrlRequest(nsurl); > HtmlViewer.LoadRequest(req); > > openURL > > UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl (new NSUrl (url)); > > I have tried both on the simulator and physical device, I know that Apple are > moving away from google maps but this should still work as it is not really > using the API as it it is web driven. > > Any ideas. > > thanks > > Alex > > > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > >
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