That is a correct assumption. The span values give you the total latitude or longitude distance across the screen.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: > You know, I took a look at that lat/lon span and totally dismissed it. > Now it makes sense. Thanks for the pointer. > So is it safe to assume that I need to divide the span value in 1/2 > prior to adding/subtracting that value from the center point lat/lon? > > Thanks, > Chad > > On Nov 13, 3:23 pm, TreKing <[email protected]> wrote: > > The MapView class has a center point and latitude and longitude spans > that > > you can use to compute the visible area. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered deviceshttp:// > sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there a way to get the current bounding geometry or bounding box in > > > a current map view? I am connecting to a large dataset and would like > > > the ability to send a bounding box of the users current view to the > > > server to retrieve only the points that are within the users view and > > > maybe buffer a little outside similar to google earth. > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chad > > > > > -- > > > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > <android-developers%[email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
