Java & Google Maps

Question

Is it possible to render google maps in swing or applet?

I know i can also use NASA World Wind but it seems to much overkill for a simple app.

Answer 1

There is JXMapViewer component in SwingX project. You can write new TileProviderInfo,TileFactory to pull images from Google maps but using JXMapViewer to pull Google is illegal. And Google usually changes Map URL format so your program can be broken unexpectedly.

in My last project we have used JXMapViewer and Microsoft Visual Earth insead of Google maps.