Google Maps GPS: is anyone working with them?

**dazuck** · 07-02-2005, 06:44 PM

I know that independent programmers are beginning to work with Google now that they are giving away their server and map information (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8420469/), is anyone here? If so, what is the progress and ideas right now? I'm hoping to learn anything about this (google earth, other programs, etc) so this can be a general thread about new GPS using google mapping.

**Zenith_Warrior** · 07-02-2005, 07:19 PM

I do like the idea of showing traffic information: http://www.dynamite.co.uk/local/ using Googles smooth mapping technology.
Does anyone know where the raw uk traffic co-ords come from?

For anyone interested.

Documentation is here:
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/
sign up here:
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

xBrady was testing something out username and password are "demo":
http://www.xbrady.com/GPSSecure/WebAppForm.aspx

I think he was working with frodo. So hopefully it'll make an appearance in fp:
http://www.mp3car.com/tracker/tracker.html

**liquid_smoke** · 07-05-2005, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by dazuck

I know that independent programmers are beginning to work with Google now that they are giving away their server and map information (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8420469/), is anyone here? If so, what is the progress and ideas right now? I'm hoping to learn anything about this (google earth, other programs, etc) so this can be a general thread about new GPS using google mapping.

thats awesome that they are shareing the info, funny how at the end of the article they say Yahoo is going to share its info too, ha, i didnt even know yahoo had maps. Sucks that they say at some point they will add in advertisements to the maps. I really wish gogle would just start chargeing for there crap, im so tired to of seeing ads everywhere.

**egeekial** · 07-05-2005, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by liquid_smoke

I really wish gogle would just start chargeing for there crap, im so tired to of seeing ads everywhere.

Maybe they will in the future. Right now, I think they're just showing us what they can do.

**Gobby** · 07-05-2005, 01:54 PM

@Zenith - watch this space, there is some work in progress at present for UK Traffic and other info for in the car, there are three of us at present currently working on this and we are hoping to integrate it heavily with Freedrive to allow native traffic within it.

**schapman43** · 07-05-2005, 04:39 PM

How about putting adds in a free piece of software but take the adds out if the software is registered and paid for.

I can just imagine driving by a Burger King and having an add play on the GPS software

**MatrixPC** · 07-07-2005, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by schapman43

I can just imagine driving by a Burger King and having an add play on the GPS software

If that is the case, when you drive in the city, all you see in the map is advertise instead of the map you are on. Unless, you are in the middle of NO WHERE.