I'm glad you were able to get it done in time. Btw to get real geocoding data, the GmmGeocoder class in Android would have also been a good option (,but it also has the same potential issue of server being down, it uses the google.com glm/mmap server)
On Apr 15, 12:18 am, f c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. Actually for our application, I ended up not > using the mock reverse geocoder. I ended up just making a webservice > call to ws.geonames.org, which provides a decent reverse geocode > service that takes a simple http get param list and returns xml > describing the nearest address. Of course, I'm sort of screwed if > ws.geonames.org is down occasionally.Hope this helps. > > On Apr 12, 2:03 pm, marvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I've been frustrated for a while by the lack of support for proper > > reverse geocoding - or at least, proper mock reverse geocoding. And > > we really need it now for our app (left this bit to the last minute). > > We didn't want to use the undocumented GML-thing and wanted to stick > > to the standard format for the geodb mock, so I whipped up a little > > class to do it, after looking at the source code. > > We've started a blog where I posted what I think to be the current > > problem with the mock geocoder, and I've uploaded the Java source code > > for the replacement. > > > Look at the last 2 posts on the > > blog:http://blog.marvinware.com/2008/04/gee-oh-code.htmlhttp://blog.marvin...... > > > Let me know what you all think. > > > - Marvin- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
