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I noticed that every available 3rdparty app using maps (PoorMaps, modRana) is implementing their own maps for some reason, rather than using some common QML component. I looked around the sailfish-maps code, and they seem to be using something called QDeclarativeGeoMap, which seems to be coming from the QtLocation module, although it's borderline impossible to find any information on it on the internet, which makes me thing that perhaps it's a Sailfish-specific thing of sorts.

I'm planning to write an app that's going to use maps in the near future, and I'd much rather use something that's already out there and works well (especially if it can share cache with the stock Maps app) rather than rolling out something myself for no good reason. Did anyone ever try to use the same thing as Maps is using? What would be the best way to reuse as much Maps code as possible when writing something map-related myself?

I noticed that every available 3rdparty app using maps (PoorMaps, modRana) is implementing their own maps for some reason, rather than using some common QML component. I looked around the sailfish-maps code, and they seem to be using something called QDeclarativeGeoMap, which seems to be coming from the QtLocation module, although it's borderline impossible to find any information on it on the internet, which makes me thing that perhaps it's a Sailfish-specific thing of sorts.

I'm planning to write an app that's going to use maps in the near future, and I'd much rather use something that's already out there and works well (especially if it can share cache with the stock Maps app) rather than rolling out something myself for no good reason. Did anyone ever try to use the same thing as Maps is using? What would be the best way to reuse as much Maps code as possible when writing something map-related myself?