Aerial maps for Europe

[gros_ibou]

Hi,

I noted that the aerial maps for Europe (in my case Munich) are of quite low quality (resolution). Is there a way to deal with this problem?

Thanks for any advice you may have.

gros_ibou

[ewpatton]

The terrain and aerial layers we use are currently provided by the US Geological Survey. This likely explains the lack of detail/availability in your area and elsewhere. At the moment, we don't have a way of providing alternative tile servers in the Map component, but maybe there is an extension (or author willing to create one) that would allow for this.

[SteveJG]

is what OpenStreetMap provides

why OSM cannot provide high resolution satellite maps.

[gros_ibou]

I am not sure that I understand. The aerial maps available at www.bing.com/maps are easily good enough for what I need. Can these be somehow used?

Thanks
gros_ibou

[SteveJG]

@gros_ibou

Can these be somehow used?

Not with App Inventor's Map tool.

You can try this solution to viewing Bing maps on App Inventor

[FREE] BingMap extension

BingMap extension, for those who can not access google map service (like me), or those want to try other options. [image] GET A KEY See HERE for how to get a KEY. PROPERTIES [2023-02-27-14-11-17-image] Property names are self-explained. FUNCTIONS Show Bing map in a layout(arrangement) [image] Set center or zoom of the map, which will fire MapViewChanged event. [image] property type meaning center List center of map, [lat, lng] bounds List [north,west, south,east] zoom N…