You could try to use the Yahoo APIs for geocoding I wrote a quick tutorial here : http://www.jameselsey.co.uk/blogs/techblog/tutorial-how-to-call-yahoo-rest-web-services-the-easy-way/
On Oct 19, 10:36 pm, Tommy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am using the Geocoder.getFromLocation(lat,lon,1) and it seems that a > lot of the time nothing gets returned to the List<Address> array > sometimes it works as it is suppose to. Is there a better way to get > the city/state from the lat/lon that is more reliable? the code I use > is below: > > Geocoder gc = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault()); > List<Address> addresses = null; > > addresses = gc.getFromLocation(lat, > lon, 10); > cityState = > addresses.get(0).getLocality(); > stateAbrv = > addresses.get(0).getAdminArea(); > > When it doesn't work it is because addresses is null > > Thanks in advance for the help,tips, and/or advice, > > Tommy -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
