The TomTom location APIs and Maps SDKs make it easy to incorporate location and routing information using a sophisticated map, where we can layer more information if we’d like. This information can be incorporated into almost any app. When you combine the flexibility…
In a previous article, Location History API Service Basics, we delved into the TomTom Location History service. You learned about creating objects and setting them up to be tracked. You saw that, with the Geofencing API, you can create fences of different shapes and,…
When we think about location-based applications, we’re often thinking in terms of where people, places, and items are right now. Then we might take that a step further and think about how we get from here to there. Another useful application of location…
Geofencing is a set of services for defining an area with a virtual “fence” boundary. These services allow us to add objects and record their position for transition checking to determine whether they’re inside or outside a geofenced area. To enable this,…
Places give value to maps. We want to know what interesting places are near us, where those places are located, and how we can best travel to them. These are the primary reasons maps have become so useful to us, pretty much since maps have been available. And today,…