Does Google Maps Android MapView use different resolution tiles for different screen densities?

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I am trying to overlay my own custom images on top of a MapView in Android. It is important that my images align correctly with the underlying Google Maps tiles, because it is a map of a university campus whose features must align with Google's underlying tile features. Are the tiles Google provides for a given geographic rectangle always the same size (in pixels), regardless of display density, or does Google transmit tiles of higher or lower resolution for higher/lower display density devices?

I know in the static maps Javascript API there is a scale parameter that can be parsed to have higher resolution tiles returned. I am just curious as to whether the Android MapView is also capable of returning higher/lower resolution tiles. In the event MapView does return tiles at varying resolutions, is there anyway to programatically find what this resolution is, so I can scale my own overlaid imagery accordingly?

I doubt if anyone would be able to help you here Bryce because the MapView code is proprietary. — Vikram Bodicherla, Jan 20 '12 at 07:07
Nonetheless, I'm hoping there's some documentation, official or unofficial, that describes the behavior. — Bryce Thomas, Jan 20 '12 at 07:10

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '14 at 12:49

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Though this was never technically answered, I believe it may have been rendered irrelevant by the far more feature complete v2 version of the Google Maps API for Android.

answered Jan 25 '14 at 12:49

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '12 at 13:46

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I guess it would be easier to use custom tiles with the help of osmdroid.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 13:46

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Does Google Maps Android MapView use different resolution tiles for different screen densities?

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