Mgmaps

Mobile GMaps
Author:	Christian Streng
License:	CC-nc-nd
Platform:	Java ME
Version:	1.42.01 (2009-08-22)
Language:	English
Website:	http://www.mgmaps.com
Programming language:	Java
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map yes Map data raster Source online;cache Rotate map yes 3D view no Shows website ? Shows phone number ? Shows operation hours ? Routing Routing no Create route manually ? Calculate route ? Create route via Waypoints ? Routing profiles ? Turn restrictions ? Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) ? Routing providers ? Avoid traffic ? Traffic Provider ? Navigating Navigate yes Find location yes Find nearby POIs yes Navigate to point ? Navigation with voice / Voice guidance no Keep on road no Lane guidance ? Works without GPS ? Navigate along predefined route ? Tracking Make track yes Customizable log interval ? Track formats ? Geotagging ? Fast POI buttons ? Upload GPX to OSM ? Monitoring Monitoring no Show current track no Open existing track no Altitude diagram no Show POD value no Satellite view no Show live NMEA data no Show speed ? Send current position www;sms Editing ? Rendering ? Accessibility ?

Mobile GMaps (MGMaps) is free Java Midlet (J2ME) mapping application, which uses OSM maps among several other sources (like Yahoo, MSN Live etc). It supports many different phones, has Bluetooth and internal GPS support, also enables off-line usage of map data.

Use with Open Street Maps

Mobile GMaps doesn't seem to have any tools available to record or export routes or waypoints. As such it doesn't appear to be very useful for map creation.

MobileGMaps excels at map viewing however, and is suitable for viewing large amounts of data. It can download and cache maps from the Internet, but there are also several methods of pre-caching map data. Caching methods are listed on the developer's Map Tile Caching Tools page.

While this software lacks the polish of some other offerings, it seems to be a robust choice for those who need to view OSM data on their handsets.

There is also commercial licensing available for custom projects from Nutiteq.

Cease and desist from Google

As an interesting aside, back in 2007 mgmaps used to support viewing google maps, but they received a letter from the "Google Enforcement Team". Arguably this is less a case of google being evil, and more case of google being more vigilant than Microsoft and Yahoo in protecting the interests and licensing requirements of their downstream data providers. In any case... mobile app developers are better off with OpenStreetMap :-)

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See also:

• Software/Mobilephones