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You're reading from Learning Android Google Maps Integrate Google Maps with your Android application to offer feature-rich and interactive maps

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2015

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849698863

Length 356 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

Android

Concepts

Android Development

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Setting Up the Development Environment

2. Configuring an API Key and Creating Our First Map Application FREE CHAPTER

3. Working with Different Map Types

4. Adding Information to Maps

5. Interacting with a Map

6. Working with Custom Views

7. Working with Location Data

8. Know about the Street View

9. Google Maps Intents

10. Creating a Custom Map Application

A. Answers to Self-test Questions

Index

Working with camera positions

The position of the camera is based on the following parameters:

Target
Zoom
Bearing
Tilt

Let's discuss these parameters in detail.

Target

The target is a visible area on the map, which is specified by the latitude and longitude. Take a look at the following image:

In the image, the target is (40.735188, -74.172414), which are the coordinates for Newark City. The target is centered in the map.

Zoom

As the zoom level increases, the level of detail increases. Zoom can be used to display more accurate information to the user.

The image given in the previous section is a camera view with zoom level 2. However, the level of detail is very less. In order to display more detail, we will increase the zoom level. The following image is an example of this:

The zoom level of the image is 12.

As the zoom level increases by a factor of n, the width increases by a factor of 2 n.

Bearing

The term "bearing" is also called orientation. For a normal map, the bearing is zero degrees. It is the...

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