Open Street Maps in Android--Part 1

Open Street Maps in Android--Part 1

Open Street Maps (Osmdroid) is mainly used as an alternative for Google Maps.The main Advantage of

this is the use of offline access.

To use this map, we requires 

1: Latest osmdroid jar (osmdroid-android-3.0.8.jar)
2: slf4j-android-1.5.8.jar

you can check out the project from 

https://code.google.com/p/osmdroid/

Sample Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <org.osmdroid.views.MapView
        android:id="@+id/mapview"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:clickable="true" />

</LinearLayout>

OsmdroidDemoMap.java

 public class OsmdroidDemoMap extends Activity {

    private MapView         mMapView;
    private MapController   mMapController;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    MapView map = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.map);
    map.setTileSource(TileSourceFactory.MAPNIK);   
    map.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    map.setMultiTouchControls(true);
    map.getController().setZoom(16);
    map.getController().setCenter(new GeoPoint(30266000, -97739000));

     }  
} 
Manifest Permissions

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />