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- GPS location information
- Specifying the source of GPS location information
- Getting GPS location information
- Specify a response time for getting the location of the BlackBerry device
- Get the location information for a BlackBerry device
- Get the speed of the BlackBerry device, in meters per second
- Get the course of the BlackBerry device, in degrees
- Get the number of GPS satellites that a BlackBerry device tracks
- Get the time that a BlackBerry device application retrieved GPS information
- Maintain a connection with GPS satellites
- Get continuous GPS readings using the cell site mode
- Get GPS information during a call
- Get location information updates
- Change the criteria for obtaining location information
- Specifying a GPS receiver as the source for location information
- BlackBerry Maps location information
- Opening BlackBerry Maps
- Opening BlackBerry Maps from an application
- Displaying location information on a BlackBerry device
- Displaying location information in BlackBerry Maps
- Open BlackBerry Maps to display the default map view
- Open BlackBerry Maps to display a location on a map
- Open BlackBerry Maps to display multiple locations on a map
- Open BlackBerry Maps to display a route between locations on a map
- Open BlackBerry Maps to display a custom map view
- Open BlackBerry Maps to display the location for an address in the contact list
- Start a BlackBerry device application from BlackBerry Maps
- Displaying location information in a UI field
- Requesting location information for an address
- Open BlackBerry Maps from the browser
- Clearing data from the map
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GPS and BlackBerry Maps - Development Guide - BlackBerry Java Development Environment
Open BlackBerry Maps from the browser
- Create a file with the extension .xloc.
- Place the information that you would normally place in a location document in the .xloc file. The location document information is the same information you assign to the String variable location document.
"<lbs><location lon='-8052237' lat='4346518' label='Waterloo, ON' description='Waterloo' zoom='10'/></lbs>";
- On a web server, place the .xloc file in the folder where you store .jsp files.
- Register the following MIME type with the web server: text/vnd.rim.location xloc.
Parent topic: BlackBerry Maps location information