[maemo-developers] Developing Map-based apps for N900

[From: Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente]

Perhaps a QtWebKit widget + different map sources could be a good
solution.. I don't know if that is similar to how already N900 Maps
app work

2009/12/8 Paul Drummond <paul.drummond at iode.co.uk>:
> If I want to develop an app that integrates with a map plugin, then
> obviously I want to use Ovi maps but the Ovi Maps SDK doesn't support Maemo
> and as far as I know the Ovi Maps app for Maemo can't be used as a plugin.
>
> There must be work going on behind the scenes to resolve this situation - in
> the mean time I would be greatly appreciated if someone from Nokia could
> provide some direction so developer like myself avoid wasting time on
> solutions that might be dead-ends when the real solution is eventually
> announced.
>
> The way I see it there are several potential solutions:
>
> 1) I could write a Qt App that embeds Ovi Maps into a QtWebKit widget.  I
> don't think this is currently possible due to it's lack of support for
> Maemo/Linux but I will do some prototyping here any way and see how far I
> get.
>
> 2) Write a Qt app that embeds Google Maps into a QtWebKit widget.
>
> 3) Wait for a dedicated Ovi Maps plugin for Maemo to be developed.  Will
> there ever be such a plugin?
>
> Can someone from Nokia comment on this please?
>
> Thank you,
> Paul Drummond
>
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