Location Based Services on Android – Part 2/3 – ItemizedOverlay

This is the second part of my blog series about how to use location based services in Google Android.

The first part of this series describes the integration of the google map view and the use of the MyLocationOverlay. In the second part I demonstrate how to use an ItemizedOverlay on a google map. Third and last part of this series describes how to build a custom Overlay and show it on the map.

• Part 1 – Enable Google Maps and use a MyLocationOverlay
• Part 2 – Google Maps and ItemizedOverlay
• Part 3 – Google Maps and CustomOverlays

Part 2 – Google Maps and ItemizedOverlay

In this part we will integrate an ItemizedOverlay to a Google Map view in Android. Whenever a new location is received with the GPS sensor we will capture that location, move the map to this position and show an icon.

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