I've been exploring the Mapbox Map SDK and the Navigation SDK and have hit a brick wall so any help would be appreciated.
I have a few routes defined in GeoJSON. Is it possible to feed this custom route in GeoJSON into the Navigation SDK and get turn-by-turn directions?
Perhaps with the help of this plugin:
https://www.mapbox.com/android-docs/plugins/overview/geojson/#using-the-geojson-plugin
I realise there also is a Map Matching API:
https://www.mapbox.com/help/define-map-matching/
Which seem like a perfect way to snap all the geocoordinates to the road so that there is no bleed.
Now the undocumented part or the part that I am having trouble with is with a route properly defined in GeoJSON, can Mapbox provide turn-by-turn navigation directions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The Navigation SDK will take in any DirectionsRoute and try navigating along it, that is if all the necessary information is found in the object. For your case, you might want to try as you mentioned, Map Matching beforehand and using the MapMatchingMatching object which extends the DirectionsRoute to begin a nav session. Note that I haven't tried this yet. Make sure your Map Matching request has steps set to true.
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I am curious if it is possible to adjust the route after a maneuver like you can see in this video from the Mapbox website: https://www.mapbox.com/assets/use-cases-navigation-sdk-272b22ac06adc9a4275dcc13624112d8.mp4
Goal is to hide the route which has already been traversed.
I am using the mapbox navigation android sdk but didn't find anything in the docs.
Thanks in advance!
Hey 👋🏼 thanks for checking out the Android Navigation SDK! You're correct, unfortunately we currently don't have APIs to support this use-case.
If you'd like, it would be 💯 if you cut a ticket for feature request with a .gif of this video: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-navigation-android/issues
Thanks again and let us know if you have any other questions.
Alongside with my friends I am about to develop an android application. The application will use maps a lot, finding routes, placing markers, drawing predefined routes, stuff like that.
There is this Google Maps APIv2. So I tried it, write some code and looks good. I am able to place markers and draw polylines, however my application will have some predefined routes. One route is set of LatLng points. So I just add these points to PolylineOptions and add it to map. Great, it works.
But these predefined routes will be created in web-based application also using Google Maps APIv2 or similar api/library. Some streets are not straight they are curved so you need to create a lot of LatLng points to get it look nice which is very important. I can do this but I want to put only two LatLng points - at the beginning of the street and at the end.
Here is the image:
On the left, route has only two LatLng points (red dots) and that is desired shape of line. On the right same route with 2 LatLng points gives me route coloured in light blue, and this is what actually happens if I just add polyline to GoogleMap object. In order to create same effect as in left image, I need to create many LatLng (red dots) points which is not appropriate for those who will create these routes. So this leads us to routing problem which can be solved by using Google Directions API. Which solves the problem of drawing routes with less markers. Basically what I understood, this API for directions actually creates a lot of these LatLng points that I draw using for-each loop as seen on right part of picture above. And I need to contact Google Web Service for this so I need to have Internet connection - and this is the problem.
Sometimes internet will not be available hence I need some alternative solution. I've heard of Open Street Maps, but I am not sure how to use it and does it needs internet connection for creating these routes.
Is there any free library that offers offline routing and showing maps offline? Basically all map interactions must be done without use of internet.
But it is understandable if internet connection is needed only for the first run of application as it is needed for Google Maps APIv2, well application crashes until I turn on internet, after which any next run I do not need internet..
A web based application will be made for creating these routes and routes will be created by users for whom we develop this application. And as users can be very annoying they will demand some user-friendly and easy interface for creating routes. Telling them that they need to create 100 to 500 points for each route, and if there is 60-70 routes they will gladly say NO to our application.
Any advice? If it is possible, I can write my own routing algorithm for Google Maps to work offline, I am very skilful at "Algorithms and Data Structures" - any guides/tutorials for this? But I guess this map is just set of tiles, and does not have necessary information for finding route.... So please correct If I am mistaken for anything.
You can use the Scout SDK (provides a free usage quota) as it offers full offline maps, routing & navigation.
Have a look into the open source projects GraphHopper, Mapsforge and OpenScience-VTM which can do routing and/or maps offline. And all use OpenStreetMap data. Other projects exists of course, have a look here and here.
Also have a look into the GraphHopper map matching component which could be interesting for your specific use case and can work offline too.
(Note I'm the author of GraphHopper)
If it is possible, I can write my own routing algorithm for Google Maps to work offline
No you can't, the data is not open nor you can buy the data to my knowledge.
Another option is OsmAnd. The OSM wiki also has some information about OsmAnd and even more information about OSM on Android in general as well as pages about rendering and routing.
I am a student working on an android application related to navigation trying to learn android programming. The application needs to search the geo-locations (latitude,longitude) among the ones available and find out which ones fall along the route the user is travelling.
For example, if the user is travelling from 37.422,-122.084058 to 37.422,-122.084058, then I should be able to search the points that fall along this route from the set of points that I have. How do I do that?
I am getting the route direction of the user from the google api
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Googleplex&destination=infinityloop=&key=your_api_key
I get the route in the form of legs and I have a set of geo-locations. I would like to find which geo-locations fall along the route of the user. Is there any way I can find it or any API that I can use ?
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance :)
There's already a lib for this: use isLocationOnPath with the polyline you are getting from directions api response.
Build a LatLngBound using the two points and pass in the geolocation point you want to check into LatLngBounds.contain().
I want to draw route between two points. I did this successfully. But how to know if the user deviated from drawn path or not. So that I can suggest user to notify alternative path to reach their destination. Like what google map navigation did. Am working on it and till now I could't find any answer for this. Please suggest some approach to me to find deviation from selected route.
Thanks in advance.
Use PolyUtil.isLocationOnPath(...) from Google Maps Android API utility library.
I already searched on StackOverflow and Google. But i didn't find a real answer. I think there is just no DirectionsRenderer in the Android API. But can you acknowledge this?
If there is not DirectionsRenderer, how could i use the Android API to show a GoogleMaps and draw a Route on the Map?
I want to draw a nice route. Not just lines between the coordinates of each route-section which are also delivered from the Directions-Request.
I think there is just no DirectionsRenderer in the Android API. But can you acknowledge this?
There is no DirectionsRenderer in Maps V2. You can tell this by reading the documentation.
how could i use the Android API to show a GoogleMaps and draw a Route on the Map?
There is nothing in Maps V2 to support this.
I want to draw a nice route. Not just lines between the coordinates of each route-section which are also delivered from the Directions-Request.
You will need to find some Web service that will serve up coordinate information for the route with sufficient granularity (e.g., every 10m) to give you your "nice route", then use a Polyline or something like that for actually rendering the route.
SO i found out that it is possible to just take the legs, then the steps and within the steps you will find the "points".. when you decode the points string its a very detailed list of all coordinates.
with this coordinates, you can easily draw a nice route on the map.
so it's possible without the need of a additional Web-API.