在Eclipse中的Android应用中导入开放的街道地图

Question

I'm new to Android and to Open Street Maps.

I have exported an open street map named "map.osm".

I'm using eclipse for andoid and I have included the following jar files:

• osmdroid-android-3.0.10.jar
• slf4j-android-1.5.8.jar

Now it's time to import the map.osm file. Shall I use tiles in order to display the osm in android?

[I downloaded Maperitive and I created tiles in .png format]

Can anyone elaborate on that? What type of file shall I import in eclipse?

• map.osm [open street map file] or
• or tiles in png format?

It's not clear to me the type of osm file I have to import in eclipse.

I would like the user to search specific items on the map eg

• restaurants
• hotels
• attractions

Thanks

Answer 1

Although I never used osmdroid you will very likely have to import the .osm file, either additionally (if you want to use your tiles for drawing maps) or exclusively (if you want to render vector maps). Tiles are just raster images without any metadata. If you need POIs, addresses, streets, cities, opening hours and so on then your application will need the .osm file.