Vaadin and Google Maps
Vaadin and a Google Map Widget One of my major irritations with Vaadin has been its lack of support for Google Maps as a standard widget. The reality is that many commercial applications require some form of mapping feature and the lack of support for a standard Google Map widget has been a major problem. However this has changed with Version 7.x of Vaadin, a new Google Map Addon has appeared and it fills a very important gap in the Vaadin feature set. How to Use It. If you use Maven in your development process then using the Addon in your Vaadin project is very easy. Just place this dependency in your POM file and make sure you have the correct repository established for the Vaadin Add On's. <dependency> <groupId>com.vaadin.tapio</groupId> <artifactId>googlemaps</artifactId> <version>0.6.2</version> </dependency> Here is some simple code to get you started. It creates a Google Map which is centred on