java program utilizing maps

[echo coral]

i am new in java and i am curious on where do i begin on making a program that uses maps. the program is a tourist agency program that needs to utilize maps in some way.

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[velvet terrace]

wdym by map

[echo coral]

a geographical map

[velvet terrace]

hm so like an image of a map?

I don

see the connection to programming here

[echo coral]

like a map that you would be able to click to book a trip there

[velvet terrace]

so yeah an Image of a map

what library do you plan on doing this with

[echo coral]

i do not know, i just need any general starting tip with this , im very new to this

[velvet terrace]

you want to make a graphical application?

[echo coral]

yep

[velvet terrace]

how familiar are you with GUI programming?

or programming in general

like do you know loops, inheritance, arrays etc?

[echo coral]

yes i know that stuff

[velvet terrace]

I'd start with JavaFX

if you use maven it

pretty simple to set up

what IDE are you using

[echo coral]

eclipse

[velvet terrace]

hm Yeah just look up how to setup a maven project on Eclipse

if you don't know what maven is I would try to learn the basics of it in Eclipse

[echo coral]

i see , i will look into it right now

[velvet terrace]

you don't need to understand all of it, just in general what is does and how to add dependencies