On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Fred Grott(shareme) <fred.gr...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > I think you might be confusing the capabilities of both APIs.. > > For your task you probably need to use the Google Maps API..that is > one of the reasons why its included at the Android package level.. You have a lead on how to do this and where this information is (the docs)? *Everything* I see that relates "android" and "maps" has to do with *viewing* maps. > > > > > > On Jan 18, 8:38 am, androidian <ianmcint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to get the street address and/or address's feature name of > > the user's current physical location. If the user is at home, it > > should return their street address, but if they're in a shopping mall > > I'd expect any of a number of shops or the mall as a whole depending > > on which specific locations the google maps database contains. > > > > I'm just wondering if the reverse geocoding that is taking place in > > the android location API is somehow different (or uses slightly > > different address data sources) to that of Google Maps. I wonder this > > because I can reproduce the following scenario: > > > > - I can find a house by browsing on this map: > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/examples/geocoding-rev... > > and the popup message tells me the correct house number, street, > > suburb etc, as well as the latitude and longitude. An example is > > > > - I then put the latitude and longitude into the GPS simulator in the > > Android DDMS and send it to the device. > > > > - I make a call to locationManager.getLastKnownLocation("gps") and > > from the latitude and longitude I call geocoder.getFromLocation > > (latitude, longitude, 5) to get all the possible addresses, or at > > least the top 5, for that location. > > > > The top 5 results always step back in terms of detail, e.g. first > > result gives street, suburb, postcode, state, country; second gives > > suburb, postcode, state and country; third just gives postcode, state > > and country; fourth gives state and country and fifth just gives > > country. > > > > The problems I have with the results are > > 1. In no examples that I've tried can I get a house number returned. > > Most times it's the correct street, suburb etc. > > > > 2. Sometimes, if it's a house at the intersection of two streets, > > it'll give the wrong street, and none of the top 5 results are the > > correct one. Remember, google maps has given the correct address and > > coordinates. > > > > 3. If I search on google maps (or google earth) for a feature such as > > a shopping mall, it finds it and marks it on the map. So it has > > coordinates for the shopping mall. Again, if I use those coordinates > > in the android simulator, I get the suburb etc, but no feature name > > (via getFeatureName() or any street information). > > > > If it wasn't for the fact that google maps clearly has this > > information, I think I'd be asking too much. Does anyone have any > > idea if the android location API is capable of what I need, or should > > I turn to the Google Maps API? Any help appreciated. > > > -- Faber Fedor Cloud Computing New Jersey http://cloudcomputingnj.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
