Java Swing GoogleMaps geoposition from zip code

Question

Hi folks,

I found the JXMapKit from SwingLabs and think I am going to use it. My problem now is that I have data referencing the point via the zip code (I don't need more accurat). I know that with the JavaScript API from Google it is possible to find out the geoposition from an address... My question now is: does this work with Java Swing?

Thanks for advise!

Regards, Marco

Answer 1

Try the Geocoder class in gwt-google-apis.

Answer 2

Google's license does not allow using Google Maps from the applications. Take a look at http://www.openstreetmap.org/ instead - it can be easily used from JXMapKit

As far as geolocation goes take a look here