Namespace Tizen.Maps
Overview
Maps API provides a developer with a set of functions, helping to create Maps aware applications.
Maps API comprises of following features:
- Geocoding and reverse Geocoding
- Discoverying place information
- Calculating route
- View
Maps API allows a Developer to choose one of Map Providers which are being included as plugins.
Geocoding
The Maps Geocoding API allows translating an address to its geographical location defined in terms of latitude and longitude; the input can be a qualified and structured address or a free-formed search text with full or partial address information.
The example below shows a structured address:
- housenumber=117,
- street=Invaliden street
- city=Berlin,
- postalcode=10115,
- country=Germany,
- state=Berlin
Reverse Geocoding
The Maps Reverse Geocoding API allows to inverse translating a geographical location (longitude, latitude) to an address; it can be used to answer the question "Where am I?".
Route
The Maps Route API provides ways to calculate a route that defines a path between a start and a destination and may, optionally, pass through specific intermediate locations.
Route Preferences:
- Travel Mode (car, pedestrian, public transit, truck),
- Optimization (fastest, shortest),
- Avoid/Prefer Preferences (toll road, motorway, ferry, public transit, tunnel, dirt road, parks, car-pool lane).
- Route Calculations
- Way points and preferences as input values,
- Route geometry and maneuver (instructions for guidance) as result values: Geometry consists of points that visually represent the determined route, Maneuver contains turn-by-turn instruction and position.
Places
The Maps Place API allows you to find place information.
Place search
- Depending on the location context, the number of relevant places might be large. Therefore this query may not only return places, but also suggestions for additional filter criteria that allow users to interactively refine the classes of places they are interested in.
- Nearby Search: search for places within a specified area. You can refine your search request by supplying keywords, Name of Points of Interests, or Proximity.
- Category Search: search for popular places for the given location context and matching the category filter criteria. You can refine your search request by specifying the categories of place you are searching for. Result item type of searching
- ID, name, location, distance, URI, rating, category. Place information allows to fetch details about a place. The following place content is supported:
- Base Attribute includes name, location, categories, contacts, ID, ratings, icon path, image content, review content, and editorial content.
- Extended Attribute refers to opening hours, payment methods, annual closings, disabled access.
View
The Maps View API provides a developer with a set of functions, bringing basic interactive visual user interface in maps applications.
View widget: Drawing a map image on the map port, the specified rectangular area of the maps application GUI.
Zoom and rotation: Changing zoom and orientation of the view in response to user gestures, such as scrolling, tapping, zooming, rotating, etc.
Conversion of screen coordinates to geographical and vice versa.
User's gesture support:
- Receive the event of the user gesture.
- Enable or disable the specified gesture.
- Re-assign the action, which should be taken in response to the user's gesture.
Various Properties:
- Visibility and size on the screen.
- Theme: Day, satellite, or terrain.
- Language: English, Russian, Chinese, Italian, German, Spanish, etc.
Related Features
To guarantee that the Maps application runs on a device with Maps profile feature, declare the following feature requirements in the config file:
Classes
Area
The class representing a geographical area.
BoxOverlay
The box overlay map object.
BubbleOverlay
The bubble overlay map object.
GeocodeRequest
Geocode request for the map service.
Geocoordinates
A class representing geographical coordinates.
MapGestureEventArgs
Event arguments for gesture type map events.
MapObject
The map object.
MapService
Map service class for service request.
MapServiceRequest<T>
Base class for a map service request.
MapView
Map View class to show a map on the screen.
Marker
The marker map object.
MultiReverseGeocodeRequest
Multiple reverse geocode request for Tizen map service.
Overlay
Overlay map object.
Pin
Pin type the marker map object.
Place
Place information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceAddress
Address information for the map point used in geocode and reverse geocode requests.
PlaceAttribute
Place attributes information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceCategory
Place category information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceContact
Place contact information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceEditorial
Place editorial information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceFilter
Place filter information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceImage
Place image information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceLink
Place link object information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceMedia
Place media information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceRating
Place rating information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceReview
Place review information, used in place discovery and search requests.
PlaceSearchRequest
Place search request for Tizen map service.
Polygon
The polygon map object.
Polyline
The polyline map object.
ReverseGeocodeRequest
Reverses the geocode request for a map service.
Route
Route information, used in Route Search requests.
RouteManeuver
Route maneuver information used in route search requests.
RouteSearchRequest
Routes the search request for Tizen map service requests.
RouteSegment
Place Segment information used in Route Search requests.
SearchPreference
Preferences for route search requests.
Sticker
Sticker type marker map object.
Interfaces
IGeocodePreference
The preference for geocode searches.
IPlaceSearchPreference
The preferences for a place search.
IRouteSearchPreference
The preferences for route search.
Enums
DirectionType
The direction types for route maneuver.
DistanceUnit
The allowed distance units.
GestureType
Enumeration for the user gesture over a map view.
MapTypes
The map view type (theme).
RouteFeature
Route features used for route search requests.
RouteFeatureWeight
Route feature weights used in route search requests.
RouteOptimization
Allowed route optimization option used in route search requests.
ServiceData
Features available in the map service.
ServiceRequestType
Service requests available in the maps service.
SnapshotType
Enumeration for the snapshot file formats.
TransportMode
Route types.
TurnInstruction
Turns the Instruction type for route maneuver.