Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 2 Placing a marker with the Bing Maps API (
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2014 Microsoft)
Nokia HERE API
Mobile phone maker Nokia had concentrated on supplying a stand-alone mapping
application for its phones, now a unit of Microsoft. Using a large map file that was
stored in the memory of the phone—about 10 MB in size, the user was able to make
a map without being connected to the Internet. With the purchase of the mapping
giant NavTeq in 2007, the company turned its attention to the Internet with the
introduction of OviMaps in 2007, renamed to Nokia Maps in 2011 and eventually to
HERE in 2012—the latter also available as an “app” for mobile devices. Nokia
assumed control of Yahoo! Maps in 2012. Yahoo had been a major map provider,
with its own map tiles and API.
The Nokia API also requires the use of a key, as shown in Fig.
3
that adds a
marker to the map. Nokia offers a number of options to change the default marker,
including the display of text. Functions to control the appearance of the marker
exceed those available through the Google Maps API.
