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Asked: 2026-06-10T19:58:47+00:00

I want to create a simple GUI application that displays a map of a

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I want to create a simple GUI application that displays a map of a city.

I then want to programatically add items (assets) such as hotels, restaurants to this map as images.

Pseudo-Code would be as follows

[set up background object with map image covering entire form]

[create hotel1 object (image, label with icon or whatever]
hotel1.image = "hotel.png";
hotel1.size-x = 30;
hotel1.size-y = 30;
hotel1.location-x = 450; (pixels)
hotel1.location-y = 300;
background-object.add(hotel1);

[create restaurant1 object (image, label with icon or whatever]
restaurant1 .image = "hotel.png";
restaurant1 .size-x = 30;
restaurant1 .size-y = 30;
restaurant1 .location-x = 600; (pixels)
restaurant1 .location-y = 400;
background-object.add(restaurant1);

[repeat for hotel2, hotel3, restaurant2 etc...]

This way I could add any number of Assets to the map. The other functions I would require are

  • change the image of an asset (e.g. to show different image for an asset)
    hotel1.image = "hotel_closed.png";

  • overlap assets (if they are close together)

  • register a click event handler for each asset
  • change visibility of asset
    hotel1.visible = false;

I am an experienced .Net programmer. This task would be a simple one in .Net, however I am not clear on the best way to accomplish the above in Java. Please could someone suggest the best approach to achieving the above. I am happy to Google if a concept is suggested (I don’t need a full coded solution!!)

Many thanks, Ian

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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s a lot of places you could start, without knowing the entire requirements (ie if you need to download the maps, tile the maps etc), I can only give you a few overview suggestions

    I’d start by having a read through (in no particular order)

    I’d also make my self familiar with The Java Tutorials

    While most of the above are GUI specific, I’d be reading through things like

    Simply because it doesn’t matter where you code in Java, these will always be useful.

    Happy readings 🙂

    UPDATE

    Oh, and of course, the all important API docs (AKA JavaDocs)

    UPDATE

    When you’re reasonable comfortable with all that, you might like to check out SwingX WS, it has a great example of pulling Google & OpenStreet Maps

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