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Code a map application (Part I)

Code a map application similar to GNOME Maps using OpenStreetMap as a data source.

This is a multi-part task, there will be more tasks adding more functionalities to the application. For this first task, the goal is to get the minimal support code going. It can be a command line app and should achieve the following:

  • Accept coordinates and zoom level on the command line,
  • Download a map tile from an online service,
  • Save the tile to an image file on disk to check it is the right one.

To display a map you can use:

Task continues at Part II with adding an user interface with a window and showing the map.

Task tags

  • openstreetmap
  • map
  • geo
  • c++
  • haiku

Students who completed this task

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Task type

  • code Code
  • web Design
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2016