How to open Ovi Maps application at given latitude, longitude from my own app?

[grekker]

I've been searching for a while, but so far I haven't been able to find the magic formula for any of the following tasks.

So how to script Ovi Maps to:

1. display map centered at given coordinates
2. display a list of POIs
3. populate Ovi Maps favorites, or create a new subgroup there
4. give two coordinates to Ovi Maps and ask it to calculate route

All this on Symbian 3, or S60 5th Ed. from my C++ application, preferably using the offline mode when the apps are loaded locally.
It is fine if the user needs to switch to Ovi Maps for visualization, I just want to start/move the already open Ovi Maps to given starting position.

I'd be pretty happy to achieve even just the first item in the list.

[grekker]

Just to note that there is some confusion on what is Ovi Maps. I refer to the Ovi Maps 3.06 application on phone. Ovi Maps API and Ovi Maps Rendering API seem to be some web-centric technologies, but ideally I'd like to operate without web connection, just using the built in Maps application.

[petrib]

Nokia has not made public any APIs for the Ovi Maps applications. I.e., there is no public information on how a developer can make the Ovi Maps program do specific things.

[ltomuta]

Well, technically speaking the required APIs are open sourced and available in Symbian Foundation's code (FTP access as of now through http://symbian.org)

[biskero]

Ciao,

anyone figure out how to open the OVI Maps client by passing coordinates?
Already checked the OVI Maps SDK api in the PRoject section but no infos on how to do the above.

Alessandro

[ltomuta]

One hackish solution would be to write a little GML/KML/LMX file with the coordinates and use the Document Handler API to open it with the default player.
As said above, the open source Symbian code does contain some more specialized APIs, but they are not public and therefore not covered by the binary compatibility guarantee. Try them on your own risk.

[symbianyucca]

easiest way would propably to use actual APIs provided, the Qt mobility 1.1 has maps APIs as well, and examples for it are also available in pour wiki: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Qt_Maps_Examples

[ltomuta]

The Mobility API does not open the Ovi Maps client though, does it now?

[symbianyucca]

The Mobility API does not open the Ovi Maps client though, does it now?

Yes it does not open the Ovi maps. Anyway it uses the same maps data as well as it allows doing 75% of the requirements there (I suppose "populate Ovi Maps favorites, or create a new subgroup there" is not doable).

[ashraf fawzy]

easiest way would propably to use actual APIs provided, the Qt mobility 1.1 has maps APIs as well, and examples for it are also available in pour wiki: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Qt_Maps_Examples

And how can we do this in Symbian C++ ?

[symbianyucca]

you can use Qt apps on Symbian, and since there is no Symbian C++ APIs available, you would not really have other options.

[ashraf fawzy]

But can we say that there will be Symbian C++ API available soon to do this, or this is no intention to do this ?

[symbianyucca]

there are no public plans etc., thus there is nothing to say, though I would doubt that such API would come.