Question about the newMapView

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hello,

I am learning how to use the mapView and when I add the following lines of code it displays the mape of where I am and puts a blue round marker of my location. So I assume this is automatic when I create a new MapView?

My other question is what do I call to refresh the map? If I am driving and want to refresh the map displayed when do I call?

Thanks!

myMap = native.newMapView( 1, 0, 319, 400 ) myMap.mapType = "standard"
#2

Does calling the getUserLocation retrieve the new lat/long for where the phone is with it’s gps? I need to refresh the map of where I am after it is displayed.

Thanks

Warren

#3

For your first question, you would need to get the Lat, Long from the GPS using GPS events and feed that to your map’s object’s setCenter() method.

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/type/Map/setCenter.html

getUserLocation() would seem to do the same thing but you would need to then call setCenter to redraw the map.

#4

Does calling the getUserLocation retrieve the new lat/long for where the phone is with it’s gps? I need to refresh the map of where I am after it is displayed.

Thanks

Warren

#5

For your first question, you would need to get the Lat, Long from the GPS using GPS events and feed that to your map’s object’s setCenter() method.

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/type/Map/setCenter.html

getUserLocation() would seem to do the same thing but you would need to then call setCenter to redraw the map.