Labview mapping ability

[team cobra]

Hi everyone,

 we are new to Labview and are trying to make it display avatars on map 'tiles' to give a crude version of GPS mapping. We want to receive GPS positional data, transmit it wirelessly and display the person's position as an avatar on a map tile using Labview. Can anyone give guidance on this issue?  Ideally we would like to have 2 or 3 zoom levels to give better accuracy on the map.

[jjgors]

I did something similar a number of years ago.  I used Microsoft MapPoint (I think it was ver. 2001).  It has an ActiveX interface you can use to embed it into LabVIEW and add Icons.

[RER]

Here is some food for thought...

http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-7983

[SimonH]

Here's another example using the LabVIEW picture control, Google maps and custom markers - http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-12505

[team cobra]

thankyou very much for the advice, can this be done without the need for an internet connection?  I intend to preload my display device with various pictures of aerial photos and maps and then call them up as and when the received GPS latitude and logtitude message puts the persons location in one of them. Can i then overlay a grid virtually on the maps to allow the system to plot the location as an avatar on the map or photo?

Once again thankyou

[SimonH]

I'm not aware of any existing implementation of an offline map in LabVIEW.

You could implement the behavior you need using the Picture control -- import your map tiles from HDD, draw them in the appropriate relative positions, overlay lines for a grid, and so on.  It will require some math and programming on your part but definitely doable.

[jjgors]

Microsoft Mappoint will give you offline maps that allow you do you everything you've asked for.  Otherwise, doing it with a picture control and just bringing up images of specific maps will also work just fine and may even be a little easier.

[hookso]

where can i get map tiles for specific country ?

[apfausto]

I'm interested in the same application. I would like to create a GPS tracker that works offline, I realized that the only solution seems to be the use of Microsoft mapPoint but I cannot find anything on labview 2013. (I use Microsoft mapPoint 2013).

[aartjan]

You could run your own local tile server. You would have to save map information to your tile server database.