Nokia introduces five Location APIs

jasonblack | 19 April, 2011 17:15

Nokia's Location APIs are embedded in a wide range of services and tools on Ovi Maps with comprehensive maps, routing, navigation and positioning functionalities, and tens of millions of places globally.

With Location APIs, developers and merchants can benefit from a wide range of industry-leading mapping and places functionalities. These APIs work cross-platform and make use of powerful location functionality and truly global content on both web and mobile with minimal coding required.

Nokia's Location APIs include: 

  • Ovi Maps API enables you to embed an interactive Ovi Map into websites with the use of a few lines of JavaScript code. It contains customizable map views by adding layers for additional content.
  • Ovi Maps Rendering API renders a map in the form of a digital still image from a simple http request. The API can be used on any device; from low-end mobile devices with basic browser functionality to high-end smartphones and computers. Using a wide set of parameters, you can control elements of the image such as geographical area, zoom level, image size, and contents.  
  • Ovi Places API - Alpha (JavaScript) allows web developers to create mash-ups with place-related information. It supports local search and discovery, retrieval of place information (such as name, address, contact details, mini map, ratings, and more) to create an interactive user experience. 
  • Qt Location API is part of the QtMobility package and provides services for map rendering, geocoding, reverse geocoding, positioning, landmark management (such as points of interest) and routing functionality. A map can be embedded easily into any QML-based UI and customised with overlays and map objects.
  • JavaME Location API - Beta offers access to Ovi's powerful location services platform for JavaME-capable mobile phones, giving users the same Maps experience as Symbian smartphone users. Like the Ovi Maps API and the Qt Location API, it also supports map rendering, geocoding, reverse geocoding, routing and positioning. 
Nokia's Ovi Maps leads mobile navigation, offering unique true vector maps and free walk-and-drive navigation for offline and online use for 180 countries. Giving third parties the opportunity to participate in Nokia’s Location platform is the key to Nokia's success with Ovi Maps: the more the platform is used, the better it gets. With the most expertise in mapping and navigation, Nokia also has premium content from more than 55 partners globally, including TimeOut and Yellow Pages, as well as user-created content from services like Qype and TripAdvisor. With customized APIs, additional third parties can benefit from introducing their services on Ovi Maps to a wide and growing global user community.

Developers interested in working with any of Nokia’s five Location APIs can opt for a premium business model of licensed APIs, or a free embedded-ads version.

More information – including how to register* – is available from the Location APIs page on Forum Nokia; and in the FAQ page in the Forum Nokia Wiki.

 

In related news, Nokia today announced photorealistic 3D models of metropolitan areas for the web version of Ovi Maps.  



* Before you access and use of the Ovi Location APIs, you must accept Nokia's terms and conditions, select the license option appropriate to your service or application, and register your service or application.

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