I have the following questions:
There is an API for Bing Maps in WP7.
The question is there anything generating images from a data map. Something like a MapTiler. Too bad the MapTiler is for web. But I believe that is the same concept.
Given a map, returning the same in image format.
So, what do you say? Do you know any library that does this in WP7?
You're best bet is probably to load the map on screen and take a screen shot of it
RenderTargetBitmap in Windows Phone 7 SDK
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How can I have animated icons for placemark in Google Earth?
I tried using network link and changing the icon in the networked kml file but that creates a flicker in the placemark. Google Earth also does not support Animated gif's which would be my best option.
Is there a way to show animated gifs or something similar in Google Earth. Maybe I am working in the wrong direction with the placemarks and I should use something else?
My use case is that I want to create animated weather icons like cloud icon with rain drops moving as shown on news channels.
Google Earth doesn't support animated gifs so that is a non-starter, sorry.
The only other option you have is via KML, either using NetworkLinks (as you have tried) or via the various time and animation elements. See the <TimeStamp> element in the KML 2.2 Reference for examples.
I know that you can show current GPS moving location on map with WP7 but i have an application that works offline, i must show user's location according to some other already saved locations in application, how can i show user location?
If you have the coordinates and want to display on bing maps im afraid its not possible.. bing map doesn't work offline. You need some way to cache the map tiles but not on bing maps.. the terms of bing maps doesn't allow you to save their map images. you can look at the following links see if they do any help.
Map Tile Caching for Offline Viewing
Windows Phone 7 Map Control with custom layer in offline mode
if not you can try caching the location as an image tagged to the location..
I want to make an app that shows pictures. But I want to be able to zoom in and out with gestures. I fixed this by including a toolkit into my project. But my actual question is, can I use or is there a control that's already created for me to show pictures like the picture library of the WP7 phone itself. I thought there wasn't but the Facebook app has a similar way of showing the pictures. Did Facebook rewrite the whole thing or is there a control somewhere that someone made?
The SlideView control in Telerik's RadControls for Windows Phone sounds like what you're looking for.
Have you tried a MultiScaleImage control? It's designed to work with multiple layers, but if you only specify one layer, it might suit what you're trying to do.
I am looking for a solution where I am able to do all the gestures (flick, pinch, drag) with a local picture in my Windows Phone 7 application with acceptable performance. The Silverlight Bing Map control for WP7 does all of this perfectly, but it cannot do this with a local image.
I started to write my own control, but I was wondering if there is anything out there written by someone else. Is there anything out there?
Is it possible to reuse the Map control, but with my own image?
Laurent Bugnion's Multitouch Behaviour from beta might also be worth a look for this purpose.
MultiTouch Behavior for Windows Phone 7
MultiTouch Behavior: Update for Windows Phone 7 tools beta
You need a MultiScaleImage. You can use this with DeepZoom.
There's an (old) example here.
I want to write an application in cocoa that recognize an image, for example a square.
example: I take a photo and the application try to find a black square into it
Is there any library or reference to start with for cocoa?
This blog post on how the iPhone app "Sudoku Grab" works is pretty phenomenal, and should give you a clue as to where you should start. http://sudokugrab.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-does-it-all-work.html
You might start by getting a subscription to the journal, "Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis."
If what you are trying to achieve is the same sort of pattern recognition as required for 2D barcodes and 3D QR Codes, then you can also check the ZXing library over at http://code.google.com/p/zxing/
IQEngine is good api for image recognition for iphone and android.