Maps for Mobile Phones
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Maps for J2ME mobile phones
You can download some interactive maps for mobile phones with J2ME/MIDP (Java 2 Micro Edition) as JAR files. If you want to download the file using GPRS you have to use the link to the JAD file instead. Please refer to your mobile-phone's manual on how to install Java programs. E-mail me, if you find a bug in the software.
To compile and emulate the software on your PC, you need to download the Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) Wireless Toolkit.
The size of each software package is mentioned. Note, that temporarily you will need twice as much memory on your mobile, because the JAR-file will only be deleted after installation. You can put comments and submit ratings at getjar.com.
Weybridge/UK map
The map was taken from openstreetmap.org (License: GFDL).
- MobiNav.jar (191 kByte) Java archive
- MobiNav.jad description file
- MobiNav.tar.gz (176 kByte) source code and map-tiles (license: GPL)
- splitmap.tar.bz2 (1912 bytes) source code of GNU/Linux program for splitting up an input file into map-tiles (requires Mimas-2.0). Note, that you need to provide map-tiles for several resolutions (multiresolution pyramid). Therefore you also need a program for scaling images (you can use the command-line tool convert, which is part of ImageMagick)!
Political world map
The map was taken from the The World Factbook (License: public domain).
- WorldMap.jar (1370 kByte)
- WorldMap.jad
Munich public transportation map
The map was taken from de.wikipedia.org (License: GFDL).
- VerkehrsnetzMuenchen.jar (472 kByte)
- VerkehrsnetzMuenchen.jad
New York City Subway Map
This NYC subway map originated from www.nycsubway.org (License: public domain).
- NYCSub.jar (1657 kByte)
- NYCSub.jad
Sheffield Supertram map
The map was taken from en.wikipedia.org (License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Canada)
- Supertram.jar (67 kByte)
- Supertram.jad
Further ideas
- Sky atlas
- Lunar atlas
External Links
- Maps for mobile phones at www.wedesoft.demon.co.uk
- J2ME SDK
- Free streetmaps for mobile phones
- Download subway maps for iPods
- Openmap software
- German motorways (copyrighted)
- This software and other mobile phone applications at getjar.com
- VerkehrsnetzMuenchen
- Shopping List
- FirstPastThePost is a horce-racing game
- Compass gives the position of sun and moon to determine true north
- J2ME open source software
- Yoda decision maker
- Bomber for J2ME
- Moon phase calculator for mobile phones
- Eclipse Calculator
- Solun'-u is a small planetarium (don't confuse sun and moon, they're both yellow)
- Compare mobile phones at gsmarena.com
- NASA's Visible Earth project
- benhui.net has some interesting information on how to use Bluetooth
- U.S. Government Census Bureau maps
