Blackberry GPS and BlackBerry Maps, Manual

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Contents
1 GPS location information........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Specifying the source of GPS location information.................................................................................................................... 3
Get location information from cell site towers................................................................................................................... 3
Get location information from GPS satellites using PDE.................................................................................................. 4
Get location information from GPS satellites and the GPS receiver on a BlackBerry device....................................... 4
Get location information from the GPS receiver on a BlackBerry device........................................................................ 5
Getting GPS location information................................................................................................................................................. 6
Specify a response time for getting the location of the BlackBerry device..................................................................... 6
Get the location information for a BlackBerry device........................................................................................................ 6
Get the speed of the BlackBerry device, in meters per second........................................................................................ 6
Get the course of the BlackBerry device, in degrees.......................................................................................................... 7
Get the number of GPS satellites that a BlackBerry device tracks.................................................................................. 7
Get the time that a BlackBerry device application retrieved GPS information.............................................................. 7
Maintain a connection with GPS satellites......................................................................................................................... 7
Get continuous GPS readings using the cell site mode..................................................................................................... 7
Get GPS information during a call....................................................................................................................................... 7
Get location information updates........................................................................................................................................ 8
Change the criteria for obtaining location information..................................................................................................... 8
2 BlackBerry Maps location information..................................................................................................................................... 9
Displaying location information on a BlackBerry device............................................................................................................ 9
Displaying location information in BlackBerry Maps......................................................................................................... 9
Open BlackBerry Maps to display the default map view................................................................................................... 12
Open BlackBerry Maps to display a location on a map..................................................................................................... 13
Open BlackBerry Maps to display multiple locations on a map....................................................................................... 14
Open BlackBerry Maps to display a route between locations on a map......................................................................... 15
Open BlackBerry Maps to display a custom map view...................................................................................................... 17
Open BlackBerry Maps to display the location for an address in the contact list.......................................................... 17
Start a BlackBerry device application from BlackBerry Maps........................................................................................... 19
Displaying location information in your application................................................................................................................... 23
Work with a map that displays in a UI field......................................................................................................................... 23
Converting latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates to pixel values............................................................................... 24
Requesting location information for an address......................................................................................................................... 25
Retrieve location information for an address stored in address fields............................................................................. 25