Learn how to build a real-time traffic alert dashboard incorporating the TomTom Traffic API and SDK into a single HTML file, served client-side.
We all face traffic, no matter our differences or unique circumstance — it is one constant that connects us. The more we can avoid traffic, or at least know what to expect before we hit the road, the better.
Luckily, TomTom’s powerful Traffic API provides a real-time endpoint for traffic-related incidents and traffic flow anywhere in the world. Toggle it on or off simply by setting the respective stylesVisibility in any map instance to true or false.
TomTom reliably sources traffic data from smartphones, commercial fleets, government sensor data, and GPS navigation devices so you can be sure of its…
In the first article of this series, we discussed the components needed for the user-facing mobile app side of a ridesharing service. Let’s connect it with the back-end services and data the app needs to operate.
One of the toughest parts of integrating technologies into a business is figuring out how the features fit into the bigger picture.
In the first article of this series, we discussed the components needed for the user-facing mobile app side of a ridesharing service. We saw how this app can be built out of smaller applications described in various TomTom tutorials. Let’s connect it with the back-end services and data the app needs to operate.
In this article, we’ll walk you through the back-end architecture and some of the best practices for the APIs you’d use to power a ridesharing…
We’ll walk you through a high-level overview of how you might use TomTom location services to build a mobile application powering a simple ridesharing business.
INTRODUCTION
One of the toughest parts of integrating technologies into a business is figuring out how the features of the given technology align with existing business processes and how they fit into the bigger picture.
For example, when Pip Pip Yalah’s ridesharing community of drivers and passengers outgrew its Facebook group, the CEO and founder, Hicham Zouaoui, decided to build a mobile app. By leveraging TomTom APIs, the startup company turned their app into the first and largest ridesharing service in Morocco. But first, they needed to understand what kind of location capabilities TomTom offers and how they connect together.
Learn how TomTom’s POI data and Extended Search API enable geotargeting for precise marketing efforts.
Geomarketing is the form of marketing that uses location data to improve the probability of a particular message reaching the right prospect at the right time. One of the more common forms of geomarketing is geotargeting, which refers to delivering content to a user based on where they are or where they have been. Geotargeting can be triggered to send a promotional message to a subscriber’s mobile phone when they pass a store in a mall or get near the food court.
A 2019 study, “Location-Based Marketing Report” by Factual, stated that firms’ biggest concern using geomarketing was the accuracy of location data.
The success and ROI in geomarketing depend on the accuracy and precision of the location data. If a…
We’ll convert public ArcGIS data into GeoJSON, then display it with the TomTom Maps SDK for Web.
ArcGIS is a geographic information system maintained by the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Since its initial release in the late 1990s, ArcGIS has been widely adopted across public and private industries as a tool and repository for not just map and geographic data, but also a wide range of datasets ranging from healthcare to research to municipal services.
ArcGIS leverages authoritative sources from partners, providers, and its vast community contributors. While ArcGIS looks to proprietary data formats first, users can visualize pre-created maps and overlays online. …
Simple, powerful capabilities of TomTom’s Maps SDK for both developers and designers.
Creating and customizing maps with TomTom has never been easier, no matter your skill level or preferred language.
For this article, we compiled a list of nine simple, yet incredibly powerful capabilities of TomTom’s Maps SDK for both developers and designers.
The examples used are supported in a number of languages — Java, JavaScript, and Swift — so there’s something here for everyone. And because TomTom Maps SDK patterns are similar across all platforms, these examples translate easily to your language of choice.
To follow along with the code examples, you’ll need to register for access to the TomTom Developer…
Let’s take a step-by-step trip through customizing maps with the TomTom Map Styler.
When it comes to building maps for your application, TomTom has you covered. Digital maps serve a wide range of purposes and should be designed and developed with customer use case in mind. Perhaps you need to track a fleet of vehicles to find the most efficient routes. Or, maybe you want to highlight points of interest to help joggers map out scenic routes. Whether your app monitors traffic jams or guides tourists around unfamiliar cities, mindful map design is key.
Digital maps are not one-size-fits-all. In order to create an effective map, you must consider how your user will…
We’ll demonstrate how to integrate TomTom Maps into a Vue 3 application, opening up a host of mapping options to take your app to the next level.
INTRODUCTION
As a front-end or full-stack developer, you may be interested in trying out the TomTom Maps SDK for Web. Throughout this article, we’ll demonstrate how to integrate TomTom Maps into a Vue 3 application, opening up a host of mapping options to take your app to the next level.
Vue 3 is the newest version of Vue.js, one of the most popular JavaScript libraries — alongside React and Angular — for building user interfaces. After working with Angular.js for Google, Evan You created the original Vue JavaScript framework in 2013, releasing it in 2014. …
In this article we’ll look at the GeoJSON format, a GIS data standard created by the Internet Engineering Task Force. Then we’ll use a GeoJSON data set to draw regional borders on a map with TomTom JavaScript Maps SDK for Web.
Geographic Information System (GIS) data can come in a lot of forms, which can lead to confusion in how to represent data. For example, what would you call the borders of a certain county? Would you call it border, coordinates, or outline? Would you use longitude and latitude, or some other coordinate system, like distance from a given user? Mix that with the fact that there are multiple map APIs and other applications that will want to deal with geographical data, and you’re likely to end up with a lot of unnecessary format-parsing code.
One of the most important mapping concepts in location services is “geocoding,” or converting between user-readable location descriptions and computer-readable coordinates.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOCODING
If you’ve thought about making apps then you’ve probably thought about using your user’s location at some point. Maybe you want to create a sight-seer app that tells users about a nearby landmark, or maybe an app that finds the best route to a location.
Whatever your application might be, one of the most important concepts you’ll need to understand is “geocoding,” or converting between user-readable location descriptions and computer-readable coordinates. It’s not particularly complicated once you get the hang of it, but geocoding is crucial for creating successful mapping applications.
In this article we will explain:
- Important geocoding ideas…
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