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.

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>
> 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

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