Qt And Google Maps
QML & Google Maps Introduction Google Maps is the standard for consumer maps. For Qt developers this presents a dilemma as there are no C++ API's available for Google Maps. Enter Qt's WebEngineView which provides a Chromium based embedded web browser window for QML. WebEngineView allows one to seamlessly integrate a Google Map into a QML application. With Google Maps comes Google's services such for directions and search and info services. What follows is a description on how to integrate Google Maps into QML. Motivation If you want to integrate maps into a Qt application there are many native solutions including using Qt's Location module and map plugin system. Available maplugins shipping with Qt are: Mapbox, Open Street Maps, Here, and ESRI. One could argue that these plugins are superior as they are done in C++ and all share a common Qt/QML API, and some allow caching of maps. Qt map plugins also use less computer resources then the Web