Re: [sqlite] SQLite database for google maps

[Rafał Pocztarski]

2009/11/28 logan :
> I'm trying to find if someone has got a database of Google maps for a
> particular town in an SQLite file. I'm looking to write an application
> which will query this database and find text directions. This is more
> of a fun project for me than anything else, so I welcome all
> suggestions if doing so is possible or not. My target platform is
> Symbian.

This is slightly off-topic as it's not an SQLite question at all, but
if you have internet connection on your target device then you might
try to use the Google Maps or Yahoo Maps APIs:

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/

http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/

You may also take a look at the Yahoo Query Language which you can use
to access web services using an SQL-like query language:

http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/

Now going back on topic, SQLite can be used to cache some of the data
if it doesn't violate the terms of service of whatever service you
decide to use.

Rafał Pocztarski
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Re: [sqlite] SQLite database for google maps

[Jeremy Hinegardner]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 08:42:54AM -0600, P Kishor wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:14 AM, logan <logan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm trying to find if someone has got a database of Google maps for a
> > particular town in an SQLite file. I'm looking to write an application
> > which will query this database and find text directions.
> 
> I think you need to learn more about Google Maps to realize that your
> question doesn't make any sense. There is no such thing as a "database
> of Google Maps... in a SQLite file." Even if one could somehow capture
> Google Maps and put them in a sqlite file, it would be illegal to do
> so, as it would violate Gmaps terms of service.
> 
> On the other hand, you can take geographic data stored in a sqlite db,
> and display it on Google Maps. But, that is a completely different
> question.
> 

You may want to look at http://www.openstreetmap.org/ for free geographic
data for Earth.

Also see their wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page

enjoy,

-jeremy

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Re: [sqlite] SQLite database for google maps

[P Kishor]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 12:14 AM, logan <logan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to find if someone has got a database of Google maps for a
> particular town in an SQLite file. I'm looking to write an application
> which will query this database and find text directions.

I think you need to learn more about Google Maps to realize that your
question doesn't make any sense. There is no such thing as a "database
of Google Maps... in a SQLite file." Even if one could somehow capture
Google Maps and put them in a sqlite file, it would be illegal to do
so, as it would violate Gmaps terms of service.

On the other hand, you can take geographic data stored in a sqlite db,
and display it on Google Maps. But, that is a completely different
question.


> This is more
> of a fun project for me than anything else, so I welcome all
> suggestions if doing so is possible or not. My target platform is
> Symbian.
>
> Cheers,
> Hitesh
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[sqlite] SQLite database for google maps

[logan]

Hi All,

I'm trying to find if someone has got a database of Google maps for a
particular town in an SQLite file. I'm looking to write an application
which will query this database and find text directions. This is more
of a fun project for me than anything else, so I welcome all
suggestions if doing so is possible or not. My target platform is
Symbian.

Cheers,
Hitesh
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