HERE Mobile SDKs for application development
Location services for native application development
With HERE Mobile SDKs, you have the ready-to-go tools you need to build compelling and highly differentiated business applications. The truly unique Hybrid Engine enables the pre-loading of maps for mobile devices for any country or region through a proprietary, highly compressed vector data format that’s fast and efficient. Rendered locally on the device, an immersive UX supports intuitive interaction such as pinch-zoom, rotate and tilt.*
HERE Mobile SDKs deliver the tools, frameworks and APIs built to empower a new generation of location experiences for your mobile needs. Rich location features and functions are unlocked through Maps, Directions, Places and Search, Traffic, LiveSight and Guidance components.
*Non-vector maps such as Satellite and Terrain raster tiles and street level imagery require a data connection and can be downloaded on demand
- Built on HERE high quality map and content data
- Provides global coverage with local flavor
- Premium and Started Edition supporting distinct Enterprise use cases
- Designed to run on highly demanded Android and iOS mobile platforms
- Hybrid engine that allows offline usage
- Client-side map rendering using vector maps reduces data transfer rates and provides better user experience
- Comes with dedicated technical customer development support
Maps
Fully interactive maps of the world
- Touch-screen gestures for pan, flick, rotate, etc.
- Vector maps for efficient download and rendering
- Fleet map style for transport and logistics
- Truck attributes layer w/ physical & legal restrictions
- Congestion zones display on the map
- Street-level imagery for 360-degree panoramas
- Map overlays including custom raster tiles
- Offline map rendering using pre-loaded or on-demand map downloads
Directions
Always-accurate vehicle and pedestrian routing
- Driving directions for >90 countries, >40 with real-time traffic
- Truck directions using truck-related attributes, real-time and historical traffic data
- Public Transit directions w/ timetables >400 cities
- Pedestrian directions w/ walkways (e.g. stairs, ramps)
- Offline mode for route calculation
- Online/Offline indoor routing
Transit
Door-to-door transit experience
- Station search by name or nearby
- Route directions w/ ETAs based on transit schedules
- Route options for various transit modes (e.g. bus, train, subway)
- Transit schedules using timetables and frequency-based schedules
- Pedestrian routing to transit stations
- Seamless connectivity between travel modes and pedestrian access points
Positioning
- Network positioning through Cell-IDs and WiFi
Places & Search
Reliable geo-location of customers, assets or events
- Online search by address, name or category for places and point addresses
- Offline geocoding and reverse geocoding
- Offline places searched on cached map data
- Discovery of places by category or distance
- Rich places information (e.g. reviews, ratings)
LiveSight
Augmented reality for real-time decision making
- Touch-screen gestures for easy interaction
- Custom gestures for personalized experience
- Animated transitions and interactions w/ content
- Radar view for a more contextualized position
- Display of custom locations w/ CLE
Traffic
Traffic data for safer and more efficient journeys
- Real-time traffic flow colour-coded
- Traffic incidents w/ detailed event information
Guidance
Always-available voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation
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Hybrid and offline navigation for drive & walk
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Online navigation for trucks
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Natural guidance instructions with spoken POIs
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Real-time traffic for alternatives to destinations
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Dynamic information (e.g. signposts, speed)
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Map matching position of users or assets
Indoor
Accurate indoor functionality
- Online and offline venue maps in 3D for public/private venues
- Online/Offline Indoor routing by name or nearby
- Indoor Positioning through Bluetooth beacons and WiFi
Afghanistan |
Algeria |
American Samoa |
Angola |
Anguilla |
Antarctica |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Argentina |
Armenia |
Aruba |
Australia |
Austria |
Azerbaijan |
Bahamas |
Bahrain |
Bangladesh |
Barbados |
Belgium |
Belize |
Benin |
Bermuda |
Bhutan |
Bolivia |
Bonaire |
Botswana |
Brazil |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
British Virgin Islands |
Burkina Faso |
Burma |
Burundi |
Cambodia |
Cameroon |
Canada |
Cape Verde |
Cayman Islands |
Central African Republic |
Chad |
Chile |
Chile |
China |
Colombia |
Comoros |
Congo, Democratic Republic |
Congo, Republic |
Cook Islands |
Costa Rica |
Cote d’Ivoire |
Cuba |
Curacao |
Czech Republic |
Denmark |
Djibouti |
Dominica |
Dominican Republic |
Ecuador |
Egypt |
El Salvador |
Equatorial Guinea |
Eritrea |
Ethiopia |
Falkland Islands |
Faroe Islands |
Fiji |
Finland |
France |
French Guiana |
French Polynesia |
Gabon |
Gambia |
Georgia |
Germany |
Ghana |
Greece |
Greenland |
Grenada |
Guadeloupe |
Guam |
Guatemala |
Guinea |
Guinea-Bissau |
Guyana |
Haiti |
Honduras |
Hong Kong and Macau |
Hungary |
Indonesia |
Iran |
Iraq |
Italy |
Jamaica |
Japan |
Jordan |
Kenya |
Kiribati |
Kuwait |
Kyrgyzstan |
Laos |
Lesotho |
Liberia |
Libya |
Luxembourg |
Madagascar |
Malawi |
Malaysia |
Maldives |
Mali |
Marshall Islands |
Martinique |
Mauritania |
Mauritius |
Mexico |
Micronesia |
Mongolia |
Montserrat |
Morocco |
Mozambique |
Namibia |
Nauru |
Nepal |
Netherlands |
New Caledonia |
New Zealand |
Nicaragua |
Niger |
Nigeria |
Niue |
North Korea |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Norway |
Oman |
Pakistan |
Palau |
Panama |
Papua New Guinea |
Paracel Islands |
Paraguay |
Peru |
Philippines |
Pitcairn |
Poland |
Portugal |
Puerto Rico |
Qatar |
Republic of Ireland |
Rwanda |
Saba |
Saint Barthélemy |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Saint Lucia |
Saint Martin |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Samoa |
Sao Tome and Principe |
Saudi Arabia |
Senegal |
Seychelles |
Sierra Leone |
Singapore |
Sint Eustatius |
Sint Maarten |
Solomon Islands |
Somalia |
South Africa |
South Georgia and S. Sandwich Is. |
South Korea |
South Korea |
South Sudan |
Spain |
Spratly Islands |
Sri Lanka |
St Helena, Ascension, and T. Cunha |
Sudan |
Suriname |
Svalbard |
Swaziland |
Sweden |
Switzerland |
Syria |
Taiwan |
Tajikistan |
Tanzania |
Thailand |
Timor-Leste |
Togo |
Tokelau |
Tonga |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Turkmenistan |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Tuvalu |
UAE |
Uganda |
United Kingdom |
United States |
Uruguay |
US Virgin Islands |
Uzbekistan |
Vanuatu |
Venezuela |
Venezuela |
Vietnam |
Wallis and Futuna |
Yemen |
Zambia |