On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Hendrik <[email protected]>wrote:
> when using the stock Google Maps application on an Android phone, > there are quite some sights (like churches, museums, ...) displayed in > the MapView. Those are also clickable and one can access further > information about them. Is it somehow possible to get access to this > "sight overlay" in an own application that uses a MapView? If yes, how > could I do this? > There's no way to do it directly, unfortunately. Google does have a web service for getting "Places" information: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/places/ In theory you could do something similar by making requests to that and doing all of the drawing and event handling on your own. You'll need to read the terms of use carefully, of course. Steve > > Thank you in advance, > Hendrik > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
