SimpleMapView

A Qt widget for rendering tile maps.

• Setup
• Map Widget
  • Create Widget
  • Change Tile Server
  • Limit Zoom
  • Lock Zoom and Geolocation
  • Disable Mouse Events
• Map Items
  • Ellipse
  • Rect
  • Text
  • Image
  • Lines
  • Polygon
• Markers
  • Add Marker
  • Change Default Marker Icon
• QML
• Python
• Using Offline Maps

Setup

1. create a folder in your project (e.g., dependencies/SimpleMapView) and copy the repo files to the folder.
2. include SimpleMapView in your CMake or qmake file.

CMake:

find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
qt_standard_project_setup()

add_subdirectory(dependencies/SimpleMapView)

set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
set(PROJECT_SOURCES
    # your files
    dependencies/SimpleMapView/Resources.qrc # optional
)

target_link_libraries(mytarget PUBLIC
    # your libraries
    SimpleMapView
)

qmake:

include(dependencies/SimpleMapView/SimpleMapView.pro)

Map Widget

Create Widget

create the widget inside the main window's constructor, then set the zoom level and the center coordinates to the place you want to display.

SimpleMapView* mapView = new SimpleMapView(this);
mapView->move(0, 0);
mapView->resize(this->width(), this->height()); // full screen

mapView->setCenter(41.010172, 28.957912); // İstanbul, Türkiye
mapView->setZoomLevel(9);

Change Tile Server

you can use any tile server that contains {x}, {y}, and {z} coordinates in the URL.

mapView->setTileServer(TileServers::GOOGLE_MAP);
mapView->setTileServer(TileServers::GOOGLE_SAT);
mapView->setTileServer("https://a.tile.maptiler.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?key=YOUR_API_KEY");

Limit Zoom

you can set limit (min/max) to zoom level.

mapView->setMinZoomLevel(10);
mapView->setMaxZoomLevel(17);

Lock Zoom and Geolocation

mapView->lockZoom();
mapView->unlockZoom();

mapView->lockGeolocation();
mapView->unlockGeolocation();

Disable Mouse Events

by default, you can move the map by holding the left mouse button down and moving the mouse. And you can zoom in/out via the mouse wheel.

mapView->disableMouseWheelZoom();
mapView->enableMouseWheelZoom();

mapView->disableMouseMoveMap();
mapView->enableMouseMoveMap();

Map Items

map items are used for drawing on the map. All map items are derived from the MapItem class.

Ellipse

MapEllipse* ellipse = new MapEllipse(mapView);

//ellipse->setPosition(QPointF(100, 100));
ellipse->setPosition(mapView->center());
ellipse->setAlignmentFlags(Qt::AlignCenter);
ellipse->setSize(QSizeF(200, 150));
//ellipse->setSize(QGeoCoordinate(1e-3, 2e-3));

ellipse->setBackgroundColor(QColor::fromRgba(0xAF0000FF));
ellipse->setPen(QPen(Qt::black, 3));

Rect

MapRect* rect = new MapRect(mapView);

rect->setPosition(mapView->center());
rect->setSize(QSizeF(200, 150));

rect->setBorderRadius(8);
rect->setBorderRadius(8, 20, 0, 40);

Text

MapText* text = new MapText(mapView);
text->setPosition(mapView->center());

// if size is not set
// text size will be used.
text->setText("Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.");

text->setFont(QFont("Arial", 14));
text->setTextColor(Qt::white);
text->setTextFlags(Qt::TextSingleLine);
text->setTextPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);

Image

MapImage* img = new MapImage(mapView);

img->setPosition(mapView->center());
img->setAlignmentFlags(Qt::AlignCenter);
img->setBorderRadius(8);

img->setAspectRatioMode(Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio);
img->setImage(QImage("image.png").scaledToWidth(200, Qt::SmoothTransformation));
//img->setImage("image.png");

Lines

MapLines* lines = new MapLines(mapView);
lines->setPen(QPen(Qt::blue, 5));

lines->points().push_back(QPointF(0, 0));
lines->points().push_back(mapView->center());

Polygon

MapPolygon* polygon = new MapPolygon(mapView);
polygon->setPen(QPen(Qt::blue, 5));
polygon->setBackgroundColor(QColor(255, 0, 0, 50));

polygon->points() = {
	QPointF(-100, 0),
	mapView->center(),
	QPointF(-100, mapView->height() * 2)
};

Markers

Add Marker

MapImage* markerIcon = mapView->addMarker(mapView->center());
markerIcon->findChild<MapText*>()->setText("Marker Text");

Change Default Marker Icon

mapView->setMarkerIcon(":/map_marker_alt.svg");

QImage newIcon(":/map_marker_alt.svg");
// newIcon.doStuff();
mapView->setMarkerIcon(newIcon);

QML

SimpleMapView provides a QML component based on QQuickItem instead of QWidget. Since QQuickItem uses GPU-accelerated rendering, it offers better performance.

To use the QML component, you need to enable it in your build system first.

CMake:

set(SIMPLE_MAP_VIEW_BUILD_QML ON)

qmake:

SIMPLE_MAP_VIEW_BUILD_QML = 1

After that you can import and use the QML components in your QML files.

import QtQuick
import QtQuick.Window
import QtPositioning
import com.github.ozguronsoy.SimpleMapView

Window {
    visible: true
    width: 960
    height: 540
    title: "QtQuickApplication1"

    SimpleMapView {
        id: map
        anchors.fill: parent
        tileServer: TileServers.GOOGLE_MAP
        latitude: 37.78310363232004 // Denizli, Türkiye
        longitude: 29.095721285868844
        zoomLevel: 14

        MapEllipse {
            backgroundColor: "red"
            penColor: "blue"
            penWidth: 4
            position: SimpleMapViewQmlHelpers.createMapPoint(Qt.point(50, 50))
            size: SimpleMapViewQmlHelpers.createMapSize(Qt.size(150, 100))
        }

        MapRect {
            backgroundColor: "blue"
            penColor: "red"
            penWidth: 4
            position: SimpleMapViewQmlHelpers.createMapPoint(QtPositioning.coordinate(37.77610363232004, 29.065721285868844))
            size: SimpleMapViewQmlHelpers.createMapSize(QtPositioning.coordinate(0.006, 0.01))
        }

        Component.onCompleted: {
            var marker = map.addMarker(map.center)
            var textItem = SimpleMapViewQmlHelpers.findChild(marker, "MapText")
            if (textItem) {
                textItem.setText("Marker!")
            }
        }
    }
}

Python

To use SimpleMapView in PySide6 applications, you have to build and install the python module by running pip install . command on the project's root.

Here is a simple example on how to use in python:

import sys
from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
from PySimpleMapView import SimpleMapView, TileServers, MapText

app = QApplication(sys.argv)

map_view = SimpleMapView()
map_view.setTileServer(TileServers.GOOGLE_MAP)

marker = map_view.addMarker(map_view.center())
marker.findChild(MapText).setText("Marker")

map_view.resize(1280, 720)
map_view.show()

sys.exit(app.exec())

Using Offline Maps

Create a widgets app and download the tiles. This is a one time thing.

SimpleMapView* mapView = new SimpleMapView(this);

// Eskişehir, Türkiye
const QGeoCoordinate topLeft(39.86073417201014, 30.292027040985936);
const QGeoCoordinate bottomRight(39.68314525072665, 30.719807145290957);
const int zoomLevel1 = 10;
const int zoomLevel2 = 15;

mapView->downloadTiles("path/to/offline-tiles", topLeft, bottomRight, zoomLevel1, zoomLevel2);

Use downloaded tiles

SimpleMapView* mapView = new SimpleMapView(this);
mapView->setTileServer("path/to/offline-tiles");
// mapView->setTileServer(":/SimpleMapView/Tiles");

downloadTiles method also generates a qrc file so one can use the resource system. However, this is not recommended for large maps, as it increases compile time and can significantly bloat the executable.