GMapsFX

A JavaFX API for Google Maps

GMapsFX provides a wrapper to the Google Map's Javascript API, allowing you to use and interact with maps using a pure Java API. Below is an example of creating a new map component and adding a map marker to it. Currently there is only support for a fraction of the Google Maps Javascript API, and the documentation is sparse, but this project has been opened sourced with the hope that as others need additional functionality it can be added to the API and contributed back to the community.

Javadocs can be found here

A snippet from the FXML file which includes a reference to the GoogleMapView component within an AnchorPane.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?import java.lang.*?>
<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
<?import com.lynden.gmapsfx.*?>

<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" fx:controller="com.lynden.gmapsexampleapp.FXMLController" prefHeight="616.0" prefWidth="737.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" >
    <children>        
        <GoogleMapView fx:id="mapView" prefHeight="750.0" prefWidth="761.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="-185.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="-441.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0"/>
        <VBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" fillWidth="false" layoutX="26.0" layoutY="29.0" prefHeight="478.0" prefWidth="221.0" spacing="10.0" styleClass="panel-background" stylesheets="@../styles/Styles.css" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="50.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="26.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="88.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
        ...........

The FXMLController class which initializes the Map, Markers, and InfoWindow.

package com.lynden.gmapsexampleapp;

import com.lynden.gmapsfx.GoogleMapView;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.MapComponentInitializedListener;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.object.GoogleMap;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.object.LatLong;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.object.MapOptions;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.object.MapType;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.object.Marker;
import com.lynden.gmapsfx.javascript.object.MarkerOptions;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ResourceBundle;
import javafx.fxml.FXML;
import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;


public class FXMLController implements Initializable, MapComponentInitializedListener {
    
    @FXML
    private Button button;
    
    @FXML
    private GoogleMapView mapView;
    
    private GoogleMap map;
    
    @Override
    public void initialize(URL url, ResourceBundle rb) {
        mapView.addMapInializedListener(this);
    }    

    @Override
    public void mapInitialized() {
           LatLong joeSmithLocation = new LatLong(47.6197, -122.3231);
        LatLong joshAndersonLocation = new LatLong(47.6297, -122.3431);
        LatLong bobUnderwoodLocation = new LatLong(47.6397, -122.3031);
        LatLong tomChoiceLocation = new LatLong(47.6497, -122.3325);
        LatLong fredWilkieLocation = new LatLong(47.6597, -122.3357);
        
        
        //Set the initial properties of the map.
        MapOptions mapOptions = new MapOptions();
        
        mapOptions.center(new LatLong(47.6097, -122.3331))
                .mapType(MapType.ROADMAP)
                .overviewMapControl(false)
                .panControl(false)
                .rotateControl(false)
                .scaleControl(false)
                .streetViewControl(false)
                .zoomControl(false)
                .zoom(12);
                   
        map = mapView.createMap(mapOptions);

        //Add markers to the map
        MarkerOptions markerOptions1 = new MarkerOptions();
        markerOptions1.position(joeSmithLocation);
        
        MarkerOptions markerOptions2 = new MarkerOptions();
        markerOptions2.position(joshAndersonLocation);
        
        MarkerOptions markerOptions3 = new MarkerOptions();
        markerOptions3.position(bobUnderwoodLocation);
        
        MarkerOptions markerOptions4 = new MarkerOptions();
        markerOptions4.position(tomChoiceLocation);
        
        MarkerOptions markerOptions5 = new MarkerOptions();
        markerOptions5.position(fredWilkieLocation);
        
        Marker joeSmithMarker = new Marker(markerOptions1);
        Marker joshAndersonMarker = new Marker(markerOptions2);
        Marker bobUnderwoodMarker = new Marker(markerOptions3);
        Marker tomChoiceMarker= new Marker(markerOptions4);
        Marker fredWilkieMarker = new Marker(markerOptions5);
        
        map.addMarker( joeSmithMarker );
        map.addMarker( joshAndersonMarker );
        map.addMarker( bobUnderwoodMarker );
        map.addMarker( tomChoiceMarker );
        map.addMarker( fredWilkieMarker );
        
        InfoWindowOptions infoWindowOptions = new InfoWindowOptions();
        infoWindowOptions.content("<h2>Fred Wilkie</h2>"
                                + "Current Location: Safeway<br>"
                                + "ETA: 45 minutes" );

        InfoWindow fredWilkeInfoWindow = new InfoWindow(infoWindowOptions);
        fredWilkeInfoWindow.open(map, fredWilkieMarker);
    }   
}

Authors and Contributors

@RobTerpilowski