I have searched extensively for an answer to this question. I am attempting to use the Google Places API (Android not Javascript or the JSON/XML request) for a android project I have been wanting to do. I have looked at the documentation, though had no luck finding how to enable the API to look for places in a bigger search area such as a city and/or a certain area nearby . Is their a way of doing this?
Any input will keep my sanity so I thank anyone in advance for giving input.
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I've implemented a Google Location Api on my app to track my routes. I record my coordinates in a sqlite Db and then save these coordinates as a GPX file to see on map parsing and build via polylines.
There are a lot of points.
I see that unfortunately the position not seems follows the road even if I drive/walk in the middle of it.
Searching with google I've founded SnapToRoads as part of Google map API but, unfortunately not for Android, even if it seems that is possible to implements (but I don't know in which manner).
I wonder if someone knows how to solve this problem or some workarounds
At the end, I implemented SnapToRoad API to solve this problem, even if I have to use my key on source code (if I don't want implement a web site with Javascript)
I've been trying to develop speed limit application & have tried many different approaches to get done .
I have used Overpass APIs & it did good but it did not have speed limit information for few of locations around Europe & also installed Velociraptor which uses OSM map & HERE Maps APIs still they failed to get data . Here is screenshot of Velociraptor app :
Yesterday I came across osmbonuspack & it looks promising as it allows us to choose from 3 best routing services available but Author of osmbonuspack told me that unfortunately, the 3 routing services are not returning speed limit information. Refer : Is it possible to get speed limit data using OSMBonusPack?
I have installed Waze application & it has speed limit data for locations around Europe which are not available from above options. So , anyone has a idea how they are getting information OR anyone knows which datasource they are using ?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I'm afraid Waze does not use another data source or at the very least not one unique data source that you could use. As a crowd-sourced application it relies on the information entered by map editors via the Waze Map Editor. Some editors might have used some open data sources available for their regions (if permitted by their local organisation), but it's far more likely they've used their local knowledge, Google Street View (Waze has a special license for that) or user reports sent in via the app.
As the map used by Waze is not open data, I'd highly advice against attempting to retrieve the speed data from their map. They have not exposed this information in an open API, which should be a strong indication that reuse of this data is not permitted.
OSM tagging is rich and flexible, but can be quite difficult to interpret.
Typically, max speed information is certainly there (the various routing services are based on it). The point is: how it's defined?
Have a close look here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Maxspeed
And you will discover that getting maxspeed tag is not enough...
Then, refining your Overpass queries, maybe you will be able to get it everywhere!
Other hint: look at OSRM source code (or ask them), to see how they get this information.
Hey !
I have an Android app where the user can search on a specific subject, let's take the word "Cats" for example. When the user submits the search I want to find an image similar or on the subjects the searched for. A search engine for images more or less. I want something "easy" to deal with, so I thought about integrating the Google Search API into my app. Let the user search Google, and take the first image that comes up.
However, I haven't found any example and I just need a push in the right direction. If you could give me an example API for my needs, that'd be great.
Apparently the Google Search API never was fully deprecated it's still up and running. It provides JSON data and is easily parsed with Android.
If anyone else needs an image API here's a test search: https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/images?v=1.0&q=searchquery&rsz=8&start=1&imgsz=small|medium
And the JSON reference: https://developers.google.com/image-search/v1/jsondevguide
After plenty of searching, I haven't yet found a solution that works for me and I'm really hoping someone here could help me. First I'll explain my problem, and then I'll mention some of the approaches I've attempted/considered so far.
Basically, I'm developing an Android app where markers randomly appear around the user's location. The catch is, the markers need to be placed on streets only.
I've been working with Google Maps Android API V2 but I'm trying to work around using anything with "limitations" such as 'geocoding'.
I've considered using different map API's such as Nutiteq but I've had some trouble implementing them. It would be nice to stick to Google since I've become familiar with it but I'm willing to try any suggestions you may have.
I have even considered loading up Google Maps API V3 in an html file so that I can use GDirections to load a path from one point to itself and then parse this data to Google Maps Android API V2 using JS but turns out GDirections has a limit as well.
Anyone have any idea how I can go about doing this? Even if the solution is hacky, it's still something.
I'm fairly new to Android Development.
Funny what you want to achieve. You don't need to load API V3 html. You can use directions api directly: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=51,19&destination=51,19&sensor=false
It still has limitations, but is was like 2000 or something a day a device. And you don't want to put more than 2000 markers on single user's screen, do you?
This is easy to parse, for example with Gson.
I have been looking to implement a map in my website, and have really hit a brick wall - Have read so much, but am very confused. I just wonder if someone could offer a little help?
I have developed an Android App which generates a list of lat/long pairs and stores them in a remote MySQL DB. All I want to do is mark these points on a map, with a little pop up when clicked, indicating some other information about the user.
I have so far looked at Google Maps API and OpenStreetMap, although I really don't know where to begin! I don't know whether I should use Google Maps, as I'm concerned about the API query limit? Should I be?
Would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction!
Thank you
Showing some markers and popups isn't really complicated with OpenStreetMap and OpenLayers:
simple OpenLayers marker example
dynamic markers from a database (example result)
Use google maps javascript v3 and make the required changes
Please refer
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/
The Google Maps API limit is something like 25k (or was it 250k?) per day - so unless the app you're making proves to be really popular, you won't have to worry about it