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Bug 33208 - Switch "near me" from Google Maps Android API to HTML-based OpenStreetMap backend
Switch "near me" from Google Maps Android API to HTML-based OpenStreetMap bac...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Wikipedia App
Classification: Unclassified
Generic (Other open bugs)
1.0.0 (Android)
All All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Brion Vibber
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Depends on: 33855
Blocks: 33802
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Reported: 2011-12-17 00:00 UTC by Brion Vibber
Modified: 2012-02-24 02:52 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Mobile Platform: Android
Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---

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Description Brion Vibber 2011-12-17 00:00:35 UTC 
Broken out from bug 32136.

The current "near me" map implementation uses a native Google Maps view. This has three major problems:

* have to fiddle with code signing keys to get the map to work
* doesn't work at all on Android devices without the Google proprietary APIs (such as Kindle Fire tablet)
* will have to be recoded when porting the app to other operating systems

Replacing this with an OpenStreetMap-based, HTML-based view would let us port it more easily, have no limitations, and generally make us feel warm and fuzzy.
Comment 1 Brion Vibber 2012-01-18 21:44:17 UTC 
This is done for web & iOS; needs doing for Android too (test me!)
Comment 2 Phil Chang 2012-01-24 00:26:00 UTC 
Some question around hosting a tile server, possibly this is for the v2 timeframe.
Comment 3 Brion Vibber 2012-01-27 22:14:16 UTC 
This has been done on Android though the Java code remains sitting around unused.
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