I originally asked this question on Super User but was told that it might be better placed here... I have a running blog and to help me track and write about my runs I've recently bought a Garmin GPS watch. The setup works a treat and I'm able to share links to my runs in my blog such as: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/23842182 Is...
what will be used (canvas,form or something else) to display google map in my midlet application ? description: i'll entering the longitude and latitude in textfield and based on that the map will display in browser (using platformRequest()). problem is : i want to display map in my emulator(mobile) please help me. ...
I load a feed of markers from a GeoRSS source with the GGeoXml function. The markers come with a infowindow upon click. I need to remove this infowindow (since it does not fit inside my map), and bind a new click event on the markers. But how can I access these markers? I only have a reference to the GeoRSS overlay. ...
Hello, I would like to know What is the best way to get the gps locations off multiple phones on to a googlemaps on a website. I just downloaded googlemaps with latitude on my phone. Is it only possible to query your own location with the public location badge, or can you also get the locations off your "friends". Anyone got experience...
How long are Google Static Map custom markers cached for? ...
dear friends, i have list of Latitude & Longitude of google map now i want to animate to center of these all co-ordinates can any one guide me how to achieve this. in other words i want to calculate middle distance or lat,long positions so that user could see most of the overlay points. it seems to be quite confusing for me. any hel...
i've read that you can use either javascript or php with google maps api. so what are the pros and cons for each of them? and if i got the geocodes stored in a database. should i get them with ajax and process them with javascript or should i use php? it says in the FAQ that 15000 requests are allowed per day per ip. does this mean tha...
Is anyone else having this problem? Sometime last night after app engine's server maintenance, i have only successfully been able to geocode a few addresses -- most responses are 620 errors. ive been running the same app with no problems for 3 months, so i think i think its a problem on google's end. one other person on the google gro...
Hay, I wondering how to work out distance between 2 post codes using PHP and Google Maps Api. Any one got any idea or links to examples. ...
dear friends, i want to obtain city name in google maps if i have lat,long values of town or area? i tired using lat,long i get country but dont know how to get city name. any help would be appriciated. ...
I have a wordpress site with a large number of pages, each page represent a physical location. Now for each page I would like to display a google map based on the address. I know I can do this by installing for instance the Geo Mashup plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/geo-mashup/ but that requires (I believe) that I manually, fo...
in my app, i'd like to have the user select a couple points on the map. ideally i'd fire an intent to trigger an activity with result each time they want to add a point, and in a local map view on my main activity, display all the selected points. later, i'll do something with all the points using overlays. i didnt see this exposed fr...
I have an app for which I have extensive use of geocoding, and map plotting. I'd like to make money off it, but not pay the $10k tax since I'm a little guy. I was thinking about offering the mapping aspects of the app for free, but charge for additional add-ons/features. Would this be breaking the google licensing? ...
I'm looking at building a simple app based around location. Obviously given that lots of people don't have access to smartphones etc, I'm trying to figure out a way to allow them to text in their address/location details to an automated system that will locate them on Google Maps. Is this possible? And if it is possible, is it possible t...
Hi folks, By the time you finish reading this question, it will become obvious to you that I'm pretty new to this development. But I've got a quick question here. I think I (unfortunately, sorta) know the answer, but I figured I'd ask, anyway: I'm working on an app in which I'd like to display traffic data from Google Maps into a map. ...
How can I extract a Postal Code or ZIP of a place by giving Google Maps a city on the map? Basically I'm looking for a free verification service for checking completed addresses for accurate details. I seem to remember the maps API can somehow provide a geographical point when given an address. Now I'm searching for a slightly reverse...
Hi there, I am having problems using the MarkerManager. Somehow Markers added with the MarkerManager do not show up, though i do mgr.refresh(); It works when i use basic map.addOverlay(marker); but not when using mgr.addMarker(marker);. Weird. Hope someone here can help. Here's the relevant code: if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { ma...
I built a web application that uses Yahoo Geocoding API or Google Maps API to validate the user's address. Now I want confirm if the user need to enter an apartment (or suite) number by the exact address I have. Maybe there is an API that provides both services. Right now, my application asks the user if he is in apartment building, ho...
I am retrieving a Google Earth .kml (xml) file and using the content to place markers in Google Maps. The particular XML tags I am interested in look like: <Placemark> <name>Bahamas-LSI</name> <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/ge/data/current/vs_Bahamas_LSI.bmp"> <p>...
I am trying to test Google Maps in development sites under IIS. My local testing URL is http://sitename/. As there is no “.com” in the name, I cannot obtain an API key. I can obtain a key for http://localhost/, but I am wondering if there is a way to use the testing URL http://sitename/. ...