# TIP: Map Layout Manager

DevFeed: [TIP: Map Layout Manager](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tip-map-layout-manager-19588.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.codenameone.com/blog/tip-map-layout-manager/>)

Author: Shai Almog

Published: 2017-10-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [CodeName One](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codename-one.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Demo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/demo.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [components](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/components.md>), [course](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/course.md>), [demo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/demo.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to build a custom map layout manager that positions components using longitude and latitude values. It presents the approach as a simple way to gain more control over component placement, while noting that the implementation is preliminary.

## Source excerpt

__ The information in this blog post is slightly out of date. Check out the newer blog post that covers positioning components on the map. I've recently added a segment to the online course covering the native maps. This segment is a part of a larger trend towards the upcoming Uber demo which we will release before the end of the year. As part of that work I did some initial "half baked" work on a map layout manager.