Playing around with Google Maps in JavaFX

Whilst looking for a way to implement a mapping feature into my business analytics tool, I stumbled upon a Java Library. This library is essentially a JavaFX API that allows you to add Google Maps into your JavaFX application, which wraps the underlying Javascript API in Java. By doing so, there is no need to learn the Javascript involved with the Google Maps, only the Java classes associated with the API.

This becomes a huge benefit in development time, as there is no need to create your own API to interact with Google Maps. As such, you can focus on making your JavaFX fxml and Java classes to the best of your abilities. In my case, I have a SQLite database that has imported all eBay related data from a PayPal History .CSV file, and geocoded the useful address data, to then be displayed on the maps application.

Big thanks to:

• Rob Terpilowski --- his Twitter: @RobTerpilowski
• Geoff Capper

for the GMapsFX library they've created.

Link to it here: https://github.com/rterp/GMapsFX
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