BlackBerry Maps vs Google Maps

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• BlackBerry Maps or Google Maps

  Hello.

  I'm integrating maps in my application. Nothing GPS using this time just a map showing a location. The location only info I have is an address string that I will be back from a web service call, in other cases, we can access the latitude and longitude, but for now I have only the address string.

  With Google Maps, I know it's too easy because I can just manipulate the URL a bit with my address string and it seems to works of 80 to 90% of the time. But I leaned in BlackBerry maps, as our BlackBerry users are probably already very familiar with BB maps, I would use if possible.

  Can I enter an address string and have BB maps to show me the location? I looked at the MapFieldDemo, the cards look rather bland and it seems I have to program the real movement of the cursor in detail. Is there a simple way to display a map?

  Should I use BB Maps or Google Maps? And anyone know any good examples?

  Thank you.

  How about using google maps api for geocoding. It converts the address in latitiude, pair of longitude. and then you can open that in blackberry maps

• Clickable PINS in BlackBerry map / Google Map in BlackBerry

  Dear all,

  Can I make clickable PINS on the map of the BlackBerry / Google Map in BlackBerry to call specific screen or call dialogue

  the 5.0 OS and more.

  Thank you.

  In OS 6.0, you have the optin to using a RuchMapField.

  Before that, there are possibilities, ranging from what you will find in the following links, but I suspect it's a lot of work.

  http://supportforums.BlackBerry.com/T5/Java-development/clickable-pin-points-on-a-map/m-p/452540#M89...

  http://StackOverflow.com/questions/10930115/how-to-draw-clickable-pin-point-on-BlackBerry-map

  http://StackOverflow.com/questions/10636855/BlackBerry-map-with-user-defined-images-as-pin-and-click...

• BlackBerry Smartphones Blackberry Maps and the India and Google maps and COD 907 error

  Hey! so are blackberry maps available in India yet? do not appear on my curve 9360...
  You can also im unable to download google aps it says Error 907 something on an invalid COD
  any idea anyone?

  Finally, I read, no BlackBerry Maps is not available in India

  And the data source is in fact TomTom, not Google Maps.

  I recommend that you use Google Maps, personally, they are a bit softer and richer than BBMaps.

• BlackBerry Smartphones Blackberry Maps and GPS, should I use Google Maps? Re: Google Latitude

  Question 1: I v.4.6 on my "BOLD". The maps and the GPS works fine, but I wonder if it is powered internally by Google maps. Anyone know?

  Question 2: The reason why I ask is because I want to try Google Latitude, which allows tracking of the location of a phone cell phone per person. He supposedly can show you the location of all of your friends on a map. Can I install Google Maps first or if it'll work with Blackberry Maps? If anyone has installed Google Latitude on their "BOLD" and care to share their experience? You can follow your "BOLD" of your PC if you have lost?

  Question 1: Is now the answer. I installed this software "Latitude" and got "Google Maps" and "Latitude" as a menu option. Now, I have 2 mapping software on my "BOLD" taking up memory sparc resources. So, these two could not work together.

  Question 2: To see the location of my "BOLD" of my desktop PC:

• Display the current location on Blackberry Maps

  Hi all

  I have an application that displays a number of places on a map. I have create a situation with all the included sites document and then call blackberry maps. This all works fine, but I can't work on how to show the current location of the user and the sites that I spent in.

  Ideally, I would like to the user's location to display a small blue mark (like it on google maps) and sites to display as normal red pawns. Is this possible?

  Otherwise, I thought to put the current location in the rental document (which I did successfully for more information getRoute) but how then the user distinguished between their situation and sites? Is it possible to create custom pins?

  MapField gives you the opportunity to paint your own markers. I suggest that you look on this.

• Reg; Invoking in blackberry maps

  Hello

  In my application I want to call cards, for that I have use mapview and everything is fine.but unfortunately I heard that blackberry maps is supported only in some countries...

  in my application, I want to show the County such as the India, Afghanistan etc... those who are not supported by blackberry maps...

  so please someone suggest me how can I get these countries also if I select it in of my very urgent application.it to me pls give answer me as soon as possible...

  I use jde 4.7 for my application...

  Here is the sample code snippet that works very well for me.

  Using this code, you can display unique location on the map.

  class GoogleSingleLocation_Scr extends MainScreen {
   public GoogleSingleLocation_Scr() {
   }
   protected void makeMenu(Menu menu, int instance) {
    super.makeMenu(menu, instance);
    menu.add(mInvokeGMaps);
   }
   MenuItem mInvokeGMaps = new MenuItem("Run GMaps", 0, 0) {
    public void run() {
     GMLocation location
      = new GMLocation(51.507778, -0.128056, "London");
     invokeGMaps(location);
    };
   };
   public void invokeGMaps(GMLocation l) {
    int mh = CodeModuleManager.getModuleHandle("GoogleMaps");
    if (mh == 0) {
     try {
      throw new ApplicationManagerException(
        "GoogleMaps isn't installed");
     } catch (ApplicationManagerException e) {
      System.out.println(e.getMessage());
     }
    }
    URLEncodedPostData uepd = new URLEncodedPostData(null, false);
    uepd.append("action", "LOCN");
    uepd.append("a", "@latlon:" + l.getLatitude()
     + "," + l.getLongitude());
    uepd.append("title", l.getName());
    uepd.append("description", l.getDescription());
    String[] args = { "http://gmm/x?" + uepd.toString() };
    ApplicationDescriptor ad = CodeModuleManager
      .getApplicationDescriptors(mh)[0];
    ApplicationDescriptor ad2 = new ApplicationDescriptor(ad, args);
    try {
     ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager()
       .runApplication(ad2, true);
    } catch (ApplicationManagerException e) {
     System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }
   }
  }
  

  Suppose if you display several location on google maps, you need to prepare a KML file and make it available on the public server what google map can be accessed

  Some links to URLS that might be useful for you.

  http://code.Google.com/intl/en/APIs/maps/documentation/mapsdata/developers_guide_java.html#audience

  http://StackOverflow.com/questions/3301378/Google-maps-apidynamic-plot-multiple-locations-via-URL-sh...

• Tracking of Multiple Point in Blackberry Maps

  Hi all

  I wonder if it is possible to use the webworks geolocation API to plot multiple points on a Blackberry or a Google map. Has anyone tried this yet? Are there references that you could give me to kick off development?

  Thank you!

  Yes it is possible. You ask just the API to update location and add the coordinate on the map. Just be careful with Google maps, as it can break WebWorks events.

• BlackBerry Maps put me in the wrong place

  If someone has dealt with BlackBerry Maps?  I'm trying to plot a point on the map and for a reason even if I'm him giving the coordinates for near Denver, it keeps drawing me in off the coast of Lisbon, in Spain.

  Here's the rental document that I send it.

  I got back the lat x and him go along before, but after having looked carefully at the documentation that I realized that RIM in their infinite 'wisdom', decided to reverse them for some odd reason.

  Anyway, I can't understand why it works perfectly in Google Maps, but not in BlackBerry Maps.  Thanks in advance for your help.

  Your 'x' setting seems to be missing a number (to be in Denver)

  I get a lon-104.98812 for downtown Denver.

  Multiply that by the whole WGS (100,000), a you should have something in the neighborhood of 10498812

  The coordinates you have below * are * to off the coast of the Spain.

• BlackBerry Smartphones verizon gps with blackberry maps

  BlackBerry maps is never a solution by satellite after update software 4.5 verision. It's just there by train until it times out.

  Thank you

  Hi and welcome to the forums!

  I have a Verizon and you have upgraded to OS 4.5, the GPS is always locked.

  I'll live with Google maps and be only 1100 Ft uncertain about my exact location.

  Thank you

  Don't forget to adjust your thread. Put the check mark in the green box containing your answer! Thank you

• BlackBerry smartphones download Blackberry Maps

  I have a "BOLD" and am unable to download Blackberry Maps. When the computer it tells me to go to my "BOLD" and download it from there. When I enter on the Blackberry site I can not locate the download of the map.

  As Google Maps provides voice instructions, is it a (free) software that can be used for this arrest?

  See you soon.

• BlackBerry Smartphones a repeat more... BlackBerry Maps - NA?

  No idea how I could access Blackberry Maps?  When I do Options Options/Advanced/maps, get only one choice, and it is Blackberry Maps - na

  Help please!

  TNX!  Michael

  I seem to have two icons of the Application on my phone, an Application with a circle icon and an icon of the application with a file in the icon.  When I click on the icon of the Application with a file I see Google Maps and maps with a compass on the icon which is BB maps.  I think that like much more than Google maps, which is nice, but so slooooow.  I hope this helps.  I'm really a little frustrated to learn of this new storm - I don't think that it's like inyuitive I thought it would be or I bet the iphone's.  Took me forever to learn typing to contacts without spell checker tries to fix the name so I was serching and still do not get the keyboard to type course.

• BlackBerry Curve 8330 Blackberry maps smartphone went!

  I installed system software was last updated, and now blackberry maps disappeared! I skipped download it form the site, but he sayd that USB cable download is no longer supported.  So I try the link of my phone, and it just gives me an error and does not load even the page! Help!

  I know that google maps is better - but it doesn't have a spedometer, e-mail function and coordinates lat long info.  so please do not Google maps for me.

  I need BB maps to work!

  Thank you!

  -Dan

  Calderwood apperantly doesn't know how to read before you answer

• BlackBerry Smartphones Blackberry maps and LBS

  I tried to get cards Blackberry works but I couldn't see an icon.  She showed as an application in advanced as BBmaps 4.7 key/applications, but I could never find the icon.  I read a post that said to reinstall so I removed it.  When I load Desktop Manager 5.0, I do not see an option to add BB maps so I dug further.  I found a document on support to Blackberry who told to remove cards from BB I need to remove LBS, so I did this.  Now when I goto application loader I don't see same LBS or Blackberry maps.  When I click on browse I find not all loader files.  I wonder how to get LBS and Blackberry Maps works.  I have Google maps but the locations on this subject are disabled by a few streets and I'm interested if BB maps is better than that.  Any help would be appreciated.

  Well, I found the answer before someone could answer.  I need to download and install the BB OS (in my case 4.7.1.77 for Bell).  Then, I was able to reinstall Blackberry Maps, which is also LBS (I Believe).  Now I have the compass icon that should have been there all along.  I hope that this thread can help someone else.

• Smartphones blackBerry maps help

  Please help in loading maps on the blackberry 8310, I downloaded from the blackberry site, but nothing appears on my screen.

  The cards are usable without having to subscribe to a website or internet connection?

  Thanks and greetings

  Graham

  BlackBerry maps will work if your country map is available with them. Try to download Google maps on your device from Google. It works very well! and no more.