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The Maps SDK for Android offers a powerful and comprehensive set of features that enable developers to integrate seamless mapping and navigation experiences into their applications. With a unique combination of capabilities, Magic Lane has turned the vision of advanced navigation into a reality:

  • Global Coverage: Access to up-to-date, high-quality OpenStreetMap data provides global coverage for mapping and navigation needs.
  • 3D Terrain Topography: A visually immersive experience with detailed 3D terrain modeling.
  • Lightweight and Efficient: Designed for high performance, the SDKs run smoothly even on lower-resource devices
  • Optimized Navigation:
    • Turn-by-Turn Navigation: Offers optimized routing for car, pedestrian, and bicycle navigation, ensuring accurate and efficient routes tailored to each mode of transportation.
    • Voice Guidance: Optional voice guidance available in multiple languages, enhancing the navigation experience.
  • Offline Functionality:
    • Offline Maps: Download maps and use them offline, ensuring uninterrupted service even in areas without internet connectivity.
    • Offline Features: Key features such as mapping, searching, routing, and turn-by-turn navigation continue to work seamlessly offline.
  • Customizable Routing: Flexible routing options, allowing developers to customize routing preferences based on specific requirements
  • Real-Time Traffic and Incident Information: Integration of real-time traffic data and incident updates to adjust routes dynamically and improve accuracy.
  • Routing with Traffic Awareness: Enhanced routing that considers real-time traffic data, ensuring optimal travel times and route adjustments as traffic conditions change.
  • Customizable Map Styles: Customizable map appearance, enabling developers to adjust colors, elements, and design to fit their app’s branding and user experience.
  • Advanced Search Capabilities: Comprehensive search functionality, including POI (Points of Interest), addresses and geocoding features
  • Recorder Feature: Advanced sensor recorder to capture, manage, and analyze sensor data during navigation sessions, enabling developers to collect valuable insights and providing comprehensive activity tracking.
  • Flexible API & SDKs: Developer-friendly API and SDK with documentation, making integration into various applications straightforward and flexible.
  • Cross-Platform Support: Full support for Android, iOS, ensuring compatibility with a broad range of devices and environments.
  • Comprehensive Developer Documentation: Extensive documentation with sample code, best practices and API reference, empowering developers to get started quickly and easily.

These guides enable you to get quickly started using Magic Lane - Maps SDK for Android to render your first interactive map, then plot a route, simulate navigation along the route, and search for points of interest.

Audience​

This documentation is tailored for developers already acquainted with Android development concepts written in Kotlin. It assumes a basic understanding of user-facing map and navigation applications. With this guide, you'll be equipped to explore and build applications using the Maps SDK for Android.

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