On this page, we would like to collect all nice and possible ideas on add-ons.

This collection has one main purpose. Because creating add-ons for already existing application like Locus is quite easy, and because our time possibilities are very limited, we want to offer some inspiration for a freelance developers or for those, who start with developing for Android.

OpenRouteService is another routing service based on OpenStreetMaps project.

Where to start

• Request permission from OpenRouteService.org server.
• Implement it as a RoutingService.

Additional links

• Wiki documentation
• Locus forum - discussion

Panoramio is nice web service, that collects images from all around the world together with it's location. Thanks to their API, should be possible to create nice and simple add-on, that will display images on a map.

Where to start

• Check Panoramio API
• Create basic add-on that will listen for a PeriodicUpdates.
• Receiver of udpates, should fetch data over Panoramio API. From these data, create a list of waypoints and display these points on running Locus Map application.

Additional links

• sample code for Periodic updates
• sample code to display points on Locus map