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Google Maps improvement
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Hi!
Recently Google changed its license terms - using static map on mobile applications is legal now. Do you plan to improve your GoogleStaticMap class? Currently it scrolls Google and Tele Atlas logos alongside with map image instead of showing them at fixed position near the bottom
edge.
is there a way to place copyright logos to the bottom of a screen (currently it is in the middle of the map)?
Currently no - SDK requests maps as 256x256 pixel images (tiles) and Google puts logo to every one of them. We'll put it to the development queue. But cannot give any specific ETA; unless there is a customer who is ready to sponsor development of the feature.
I can't wait to see when you make this happen. Mostly in my country love Google Maps since OpenStreetMaps doesn't have our cities on it. And we don't know how to contribute the mapping project.
Regarding OpenStreetMaps contribution the first page to check should be http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_guide (check your language). There are also couple of good paper books in English and German: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Books
But of course, this would take time and many people from each city to be really usable.
Thank you for the hint - we'll consider it. It is not that easy - currently all maps are based on tiles, which enables caching and smoother map panning experience. Support of "static maps" style of data requests disables caching and makes smooth scrolling worse, and requires some significant internal code changes.
/JaakL