Check out the GeoCoder class and the getFromLocationName methods. You can input a search string like "whole foods, los gatos, CA" and it will return a list of Address results. You can also specify a bounding box if you want to limit your results to your current map.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Geocoder.html Jeff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trackaroo Trackmaster - Motorsports Lap Timer (http://trackmaster.trackaroo.com) Dynomaster - Performance Dyno (http://dynomaster.trackaroo.com) On Jan 19, 10:41 am, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Google provides a fairly simple interface for local searches. > > http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/#fonje > > In the search request you can specify a latitude and longitude with > the text to get a reference to those nearby businesses. Here is the > reference to the parameters for the search. > > http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_... > > You can simply make a http call and parse the json response when it > comes back. It should be straight forward from there. > > Thanks, > John > > On Jan 17, 8:00 pm, sunny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks, > > wondering if any of you can help. > > This is what I am trying to do: > > simple app to get list of addresses I am interested in based on my current > > location. > > > I get the current location using location services. Now, based on this > > current location I want to do a search on business places without really > > using the SearchManager's triggerSearch. The problem with the triggerSearch > > is that it launches the googlemap and show the business address I am > > looking for and it is blocked. I want to get the control back. I do not > > want to launch the map with the listing. all I want to do is the get the > > Geopoint of the business address I am interested in using a simple web > > search. I tried reverseGeocoding , but it is does not work with business > > address. It needs full address. any suggestion?. > > > Simply put, all I want to do is a simple websearch , say query="whole foods, > > los gatos, CA" to get its full address. and then use it to get the GeoPoint. > > > I am stuck and wondering if anyone can give me some pointers. > > > thanks a ton in advance. > > Sunny.
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