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

[From: Antonio Aloisio]

Hi,
qt-apps.org contains some free Qt Map widgets...
Take a look also at trolltech labs [1].

[1] http://labs.trolltech.com/blogs/2009/08/04/openstreetmap-and-qt-and-s60/

Br,
Antonio

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente <
jsmanrique at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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