Offline maps

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#1

Has anyone researched offline map support in corona?

I’ve seen mapbox supports offline maps, but only via their ios-sdk.  I’m not too keen on writting a plugin and not supporting android.

I’ve noticed that some apps that use google maps has limited caching… probably enough to meet my needs.  I wasn’t sure if it was because cached was provided by a webview (web caching) or the google map plugin.

Does anyone know if native.newMapView caches maps?  Or can I get the same effect with a showWebPopup?

#2

Hi @gjaman, we have made a few research on our side and one good technology is from http://ba3.us/ . One of their map technology is vector base, which is great in term of small footprint and the ability to zoom in/out with perfect accuracy. Their SDK is available for IOS and Android.

Our company is currently investigating building a plugin for Corona or pay a company to do it for us. Current map technology in Corona is very basic and we are looking for something much more powerful.

#3

Thanks!  I’ll look into this.

Please keep me updated on the progress of the plugin.

#4

Hi @gjaman, we have made a few research on our side and one good technology is from http://ba3.us/ . One of their map technology is vector base, which is great in term of small footprint and the ability to zoom in/out with perfect accuracy. Their SDK is available for IOS and Android.

Our company is currently investigating building a plugin for Corona or pay a company to do it for us. Current map technology in Corona is very basic and we are looking for something much more powerful.

#5

Thanks!  I’ll look into this.

Please keep me updated on the progress of the plugin.

#6

Hi there,

Any progress?

Thanks

#7

Yes. but, we have decided to move with Skobbler instead of ba3 technology for several reasons. The most important one, the feature set offer by Skobbler was more useful for us.

This being said, we have hire a contractor to build a plugin (android and ios) for us. When the plugin will be completed, he will most probably also sell it here, therefore being available for anybody who would like to have this functionality.

Nick

#8

@nmichaud

Hi, I’m interested in your plugin, too.

Thanks

#9

Looks interesting. I have been trying to include a map at the bottom of my scrollView, and the only way I could do it is to add a webView to GoogleMap, and make it scroll with the scrollView. This has limitations as it ‘lags’ when scrolling  and does not look good.

With this plugin, will it be able to add a nice image-map ?

#10

Hi there,

Any progress?

Thanks

#11

Yes. but, we have decided to move with Skobbler instead of ba3 technology for several reasons. The most important one, the feature set offer by Skobbler was more useful for us.

This being said, we have hire a contractor to build a plugin (android and ios) for us. When the plugin will be completed, he will most probably also sell it here, therefore being available for anybody who would like to have this functionality.

Nick

#12

@nmichaud

Hi, I’m interested in your plugin, too.

Thanks

#13

Looks interesting. I have been trying to include a map at the bottom of my scrollView, and the only way I could do it is to add a webView to GoogleMap, and make it scroll with the scrollView. This has limitations as it ‘lags’ when scrolling  and does not look good.

With this plugin, will it be able to add a nice image-map ?