On Mar 18, 12:02 pm, amarsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Note that there are no visuals involved here, i.e I dont want my users > to see a map.
Then you may not use the API at all for this. The Terms of Service of the Google Maps API require that you display a map. -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- > > Also, you may say that I can simply calculate the distance of P from > each point in the Path. Suppose it turns out that the point closet to > P in the Path is 300m away. Now, without looking at any map, how can I > tell if there is no other road between P and the Path? > > In the code, the call may look like: > > boolean isOnPath(Point[] path, Point aPoint) > > Hope this makes it clear. > > On Mar 18, 9:09 pm, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 18, 10:21 am, amarsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What is the nest way to find out if the vehicle has passed from > > > infront of my house. > > > You'll need to define that better. > > Is "in front" of your house different from "behind" your house or > > "beside" your house? > > If not, then you can simply check distance from the vehicle to your > > house. > > > > Effectively, I need to find out if a point lies > > > on the "geographic" path described by a set of points. > > > What is a "geographic > > path"?http://gis5.com/pois_along_route/gm_pois_along_route.phphttp://maps.f... > > > -- > > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > > -- > > > > Thanks > > > Amarsh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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/google-maps-api?hl=en.
