The game uses Nokia Maps to let the player travel around the world, trying to guess where historical locations, country capital cities and other famous places are located. The features of this first release include:

• More than 100 questions, constantly updated
• Global rankings, to compete with users worldwide
• Ability to share a new score on Facebook

Check out the video below to see the game in action.

The game is available for free on Nokia Store.

From the competition page:

Using the PositioningManager from Java ME Location API by Alessandro La Rosa (jappit). This wiki article explains how to use the PositioningManager from the Ovi Maps Java ME Location API to get information about the device location. Alessandro contributed a number of articles and a project; while this was our favourite, they are all very well written and provide an excellent insight into how to use the Java Location API:

• Handling map events with Java ME Location API
• Implementing a custom MapUrlProvider overlay with Java ME Location API
• Creating a custom Map Item with Java ME Location API
• How to calculate and show a route with Java ME Location API
• Geocoding an address with Java ME Location API
• Run Tracker (project)

Thank you Nokia Developer!

Run Tracker is a simple Java ME app that allows to track and record various parameters of running activities, including route, distance, duration and speed of each run.

The complete source code is available, and shows how to use some of the Java ME Location API features to integrate Ovi Maps mapping and positioning features in a MIDlet.

Check it out, and let me know your thoughts about it.

When displaying a map in a Java ME application, it can be useful to be able to intercept events generated by the interaction of the user with the map itself, and the MapComponent and EventListener interfaces give complete support for keyboard and touch-based events.

Check out the full article, showing how touch events can be used to add markers to a map, and let me know your comments: Handling map events with Java ME Location API.

The MapProvider and MapUrlProvider abstract classes are used to provide the data needed to display custom map tiles, that can be used to replace the default map tiles, or displayed above those one, so creating overlay map levels.

When using the MapUrlProvider class, the only needed information that the class must provide is the URL of each tile, that will be used by the class itself to retrieve and create the associated Image object.

The article published on the Nokia Developer Wiki, with both client and server code, shows a possible usage of the MapUrlProvider class to create an overlay level over a map: Implementing a custom MapUrlProvider overlay with Java ME Location API.

PositioningManager, together with the PositionListener interface, allow to get asynchronous and periodical updates about the user’s position, and so allowing to build location-based services in a simple and effective way.

The new article published on Nokia Developer Wiki explores the main features of PositioningManager, and shows how to build a simple service that detect and draw the user’s movements on Ovi Maps: Using the PositioningManager from Java ME Location API.

While the previous two articles focused on the MapCanvas object, showing how it can be used to show a map on a classical LCDUI Canvas screen, today’s article shows how to build a custom map Form Item, extending the CustomItem class, so allowing to show and interact with a map on a classical LCDUI Form screen.

The article, with complete source code and downloadable MIDlet, is available here: Creating a custom Map Item with Java ME Location API.

This new article covers the main aspects involved in calculating and showing a route on a map, by allowing the user to navigate through the maneuvers of the calculated route.

The full article with source code and a downloadable MIDlet is available on Nokia Developer Wiki: How to calculate and show a route with Java ME Location API.

I’ve recently started to publish a set of articles on Nokia Developer Wiki that show the various features of the API in action. You can read the first one here: Geocoding an address with Java ME Location API.

Check it out and let me know your comments.

With different backgrounds, we all aim at providing useful information about the mobile environment, in all its aspects. From its manifesto:

The aim of this community is to share as much as possible information related to the mobile development using all the social networks and the new capabilities of the NET to make easier find updated contents and to create a deep feeling of connection between developers.

The journey is at the beginning, hope you’ll join in!