Amazon Looking To Release Kindle Fire From Google Maps | 451 ...
In a move following Apple disconnecting from Google Maps, Amazon is also now looking to develop it’s own Map tool so that they don’t have to rely on Google Maps for the Kindle Fire. This moves them away from running a full Android package on their handheld tablets. To do this, they launched a Maps API for the Kindle Fire developers.
There’s also support for embedding a map into an app, with the user’s current position located, and the choice of regular and satellite views. Amazon also supports in-app location-based services via the android.location API.
