Mobile GMaps – Stored Maps on Mobile
Posted by watashii | Filed under Software
Mobile GMaps is a free application for the java enabled mobile phone. The application can display maps downloaded from Google Maps, Live Maps/Virtual Earth, Yahoo Maps, Ask.com and OpenStreetMap.org. This means users can view stored/offline maps on the mobile phone without the need to connect to mobile internet. It can also use the phone’s GPS for locating the current position.
My mission was to store offline map tile-images from Google Maps on my phone memory stick and access it when ever I wanted without paying a cent! The other feature I used is the pin-point location bookmark to mark the places of interest for me. Although my phone is not GPS-enabled, it is quite a convenient tool to have around when I’m out, instead of carrying a big fat map book.
Here are the steps to get stored maps on the phone. The phone I used was a SonyEricsson W580 phone. It should work on most java enabled phone / PDA / Pocket PC. Download and install the free java application on to the mobile phone (JAD/JAR files) to begin.
Tags: gmapmaker, google maps, GPS, hong kong, latitude, longitude, mapcacher, maps, maptilecacher, maptilefe, memory stick, mgmaps, mgmapscache, mobile, sonyericsson
Google Maps – Finding Latitude and Longitude
Posted by watashii | Filed under Software
Here is a very useful method (hack?) to locate the latitude and longitude of the google map center-point. Move the map center-point to your chosen location, and at the URL address bar, enter this:
javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));
Immediately, the prompt pops up with the latitude and longitude values. Sweet. Works on most web browsers.
Tags: center point, google map, latitude, longitude, maps
