Archive for J2memap
WhereRYou: OpenCellID Blackberry client
WhereRYou is an OpenCellID Blackberry client, created by Aris Volcoff. This application works in the background and use the OpenCellID Backend, so not really graphical, but here is a small snapshot:
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OpenCellID client for SonyEricsson phones with sources
Pär Bertilsson have created a nice client that can be used on SonyEricsson phone that use an external bluetooth receiver to fill the OpenCellID database! Again, thanks to SonyEricsson to be the first one to implement an easy way to access to CellID from the phone, and thanks to Pär for creating this nice client [...]
Using LWUIT with J2memap
One of J2memap user wanted to use the application with the LWUIT framework from Sun. So, after some research, it appears that only one modification was needed: a callback to notify the host that the screen needed to be repainted.
This has been done by adding a new callback in the mapDisplayListener:
asBeenRepaint();
So here is the code [...]
New J2memap SDK available (v0.961)
Update of the SDK, with several improvment
* Already present in the latest version, but not yet announced here:
- Architecture rework, with the ability to display the map on a different canvas (not only his own canvas)
- Marker can have their own Style (MarkerStyle) shared between several markers. Note that by default, you still can use [...]
CloudMade available on J2memap
CloudMade is a company which provide services and support on top of OpenStreetMap datas. It’s very easy to integrate CloudMade with J2memap. To do this, let’s take our hello world example, and put cloud made data instead of default map datas. You just need a CloudMade API Key, so contact CloudMade for this.
The cloudMade URL [...]
MyOpenPos: Open Source positionnig
In the first part, we’ve introduced CellID, and OpenCellID – the OpenSource database of CellID - and we have created a small program to retrieve position from CellID information.
This time, we will go on step further and display a map, based on open source data OpenStreet map, on your mobile phone, based on your location.
This [...]
8Motions: another wins!
8Motions was a winner of the latest french contest for innovative companies! Once again, this is a proof of the interest of 8Motions project, both on technology part but also on business part! So thanks to the jury for selecting us…..
Another J2memap based client: Teoo
Teeo.Fr is a new Website based on the J2memap library, and which is a social application helping you to display your friends on your mobile phone.
Nice works from Medhi, the developer, which will share some informations with us about his experience of J2memap soon….
Interview for Telematicsupdate about OpenCellID
Following conference Telematicsupdate conference about LBS, I’ve been interviewed by Thomas about OpenCellid and impact on the industry. Result is here: Towards free location on all devices.
Adding location to a non GPS phone : using OpenCellID
1) Introduction
In this two parts article, we will introduce mobile positioning with CellID, and the open source database of CellIDs: OpenCellID. We will see how to use it through a simple sample. The second part will demonstrate how to use OpenCellID with OpenStreeMap and the 8Motion library to create a full interactive mobile mapping experience [...]