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page.title=Adding Maps
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page.tags=mapview,location
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page.article=true
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@jd:body
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<img src="{@docRoot}images/google/gps-maps.png"
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width="300"
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style="float:right;margin:0 0 20px 20px"
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alt="Google maps sample image">
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<p>
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Allow your users to explore the world with rich maps provided by Google. Identify
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locations with custom markers, augment the map data with image overlays, embed one
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or more maps as fragments, and much more.
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</p>
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<p>
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The <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/">Google
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Maps Android API</a> allows you to include maps and customized mapping information
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in your app.
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</p>
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<h2 id="features">Key Developer Features</h2>
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<h4>Add maps to your app</h4>
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<p>
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With Google Maps Android API v2, you can embed maps into an activity as a fragment with a simple
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XML snippet. The new Maps offer exciting features such as 3D maps; indoor, satellite, terrain,
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and hybrid maps; vector-based tiles for efficient caching and drawing; animated transitions; and
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much more. <a class="external-link" href=
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"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/map">Add a map object</a>.
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</p>
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<h4>Customize the map</h4>
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<p>
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Add markers onto the map to indicate special points of interest for your users. You can define
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custom colors or icons for your map markers to match your app's look and feel. To further enhance
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the app, draw polylines and polygons to indicate paths or regions, or provide complete image
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overlays. <a class="external-link" href=
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"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/marker">Draw markers</a>.
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</p>
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<h4>Control the user's view</h4>
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<p>
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Give your users a different view of the world with the ability to control the rotation, tilt,
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zoom, and pan properties of the "camera" perspective of the map. <a class="external-link" href=
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"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/views">Change the view</a>.
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</p>
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<h4>Add Street View to your app</h4>
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<p>
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Embed Street View into an activity and let your users explore the world through panoramic
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360-degree views. Programmatically control the zoom and orientation (tilt and bearing) of the
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Street View camera, and animate the camera movements over a given duration. <a class=
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"external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/streetview">Add
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Street View</a>.
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</p>
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<h2 id="start">Get Started</h2>
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<p>
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Google Maps Android API is part of the Google Play services platform. To use Google Maps,
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set up the Google Play services SDK in your app development project. For more information,
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see the <a class="external-link"
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href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start">Getting Started</a> guide
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for the Google Maps Android API.
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</p>
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