the google map api will show you road name, county, everything except speed limit.
Jim Pruett wikiSPEEDia.org I couldn't resist.... On Jul 15, 1:12 pm, cmosser <chris.mos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > New to Android developing, but I do have slight experience in Php and > Java, so I'm not a complete newbie. From searching online, it appears > that it is pretty trivial to get GPS coordinates out of the phone. My > question is if there is any existing interface available that would > allow me to take the GPS coordinates and retrieve, for example, what > county I'm in, what the closest lake or state park is, etc. I imagine > that it will require some kind of interface with an external map > server; ArcGis, Google maps, etc. I don't necessarily want to show a > map of the closest lake, park, etc, but rather just use the name to > extract attributes of the lake, park, etc from a separate DB. I > already have the external DB, so it's just a matter of being able to > come up with a name to reference the entries. Is this something that > can be accomplished, perhaps with the google maps API? > > Thanks in advance, > Chris -- 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
