How to show the Route path from one place to another place using bingmaps in WP7?
i am having user starting latitude,longitude and destination latitude,longitude values...
Please tell me....any samples please let me know...
thanks in advance
It will depend on your needs and if you wish to customise your "Map".
There are two options available:
Use Bing Maps Direction Task - (very good, quick tutorial)
Use the Bing Maps control in your app - (you will need to sign up for a developer account, then follow the tutorials on how to call the various services to get route information based on start and end points and then finally show them on the map)
number 2 is more challenging, however will offer much greater levels of customisation
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I'm investigating how and if there is a way to get a list of popular locations near you (or within an area) using the Google Maps/Places API. Please see the attached screenshot for what I am referring to:
You'll notice the "Popular Locations in Toronto, On" section. Is there a way to get a list of these by passing in your current location, whether that be with coordinates or simply an address? I'm trying to understand how this was achieved in the above screenshot. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
You can use this web service api
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=(latitude),(longitude)&radius=5000&key=(api_key)
to get all the nearby places. It also contains mechanisms to filter, keyword, etc.
You can check out this link https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search to see a list of required and optional parameters that you can pass additionally.
In case you want to use native iOS sdk https://developers.google.com/places/ios-api/start this is a good place to start.
My first question here. I'm hoping I'm doing the tags and such correctly so the right folks might be able to see this. If this question should be placed in other area, please let me know.
I'm trying to create a link to a set of custom driving directions that, when clicked from the native iOS Mail app, will open the Google Maps iOS app and populate the custom directions.
I have a map which has driving directions from Point A to Point B, but I've significantly revised the route using the click and re-position functionality in Google Maps (web).
Using the share function from Google Maps (web) creates a link that does in fact retain the custom route, which can be seen when the link is clicked and it opens in Safari. I don't mind that it opens in Safari, since at this point it prompts you to open up these directions in the Google Maps app. But here's where it gets muddy.
When you click the "use the app" button from Safari, the custom route does not carry over to the app. You are shown default route choices based on Point A and B.
The Google Directions API section on Waypoints and using the 'via:' prefix seems like the best way around this, but I'm not sure how I'd turn that into something clickable from an email.
For reference, here is one of the maps I made with a custom route. Basically I want to have it go from Point A to B along one road. I had to make a handful of points along the route in order to keep the route on the same stretch of road.
Further complicating this is Google's attempt to reroute even this map, based on real-time traffic. I went back to this link after copying it here to find out there's an accident on this road right now and it's re-routing through side streets.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Well, you can open the google maps as it follow as it is documented in the documentation:
comgooglemaps://?saddr=Google,+1600+Amphitheatre+Parkway,+Mountain+View,+CA+94043&daddr=Google+Inc,+345+Spear+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA¢er=37.422185,-122.083898&zoom=10
However, there is no mention on how you can add waypoints. And, indeed, you can not even do it in the Maps App. So there is basically nothing we can do...
BTW, here is a blog where included some work arounds, hope this helps a little.
here is what i do : long method, but it works.
open google my maps (instead of google maps) and make your custom route.
in options, export your route to KML/KMZ
at gps vizualizer com, convert your route to the format your app accepts.
I need to implement street view, but it seems that google does not have that capability for India.
I want that The map should be dynamic and the customer should be able to see point of interest near a specified point and within a given radius or zip code.
I need to geocode and reverse geocode
Can somebody share an idea and one quick example of this.
if you want to get places of interest near by some location, then I would suggest using HERE PLACES API for that task. The site should also include nice examples for the API. Also its simple REST API, so it would work in any platform really.
I am working on my app, it has the mapView inside and the user location. Then, I need to get direction from user location to particular place on the map, how do I do that. I'am searching around and it seem to be like that Apple does not allow to do it on Apple map.
Please give me some advices and thanks so much.
As John commented, you can't get directions via a UIMapView, as Apple doesn't provide an API you can use to do so. If you really need an API for directions and don't want to write it yourself, check out the following APIs:
MapQuest
CloudMade
Google Directions Web API
Using one of the listed sources, you can make an HTTP request to a server that will return a result (likely in JSON) that includes both directions and an ETA.
For example, the following MapQuest API call will return a JSON item called distance, which contains the formatted distance (in miles) that the recommended route between Lancaster and York will take. Just remember to pass in your API key.
http://www.mapquestapi.com/directions/v1/route?key=YOUR_KEY_HERE&from=Lancaster,PA&to=York,PA&callback=renderNarrative
For further explanation, have a look at the MapQuest documentation.
I am trying to develop an iPhone app (with map routing function), and I need everyone's suggestions (guidance).
Below are a few specs:
The app will be running on iPhone with iOS 4+.
The app will have Map functionality.
In the app, given a "few locations" in a given order (to make things less complicated), the Map will draw routes between each locations on the Map.
Clicking on any location will display another page that shows some information about that location.
Can choose alternative route between two location (which I don't think is possible, but let me know if anyone know any framework that can do this).
I did some research, using Map on iPhone is easy using MapKit (and it's available after iOS 3.0). I followed this tutorial, and everything seems easy. However, if I want to draw routes on my map, I will need routes data in a CSV format. However, I do not have those data (yes! I suck).
And prior to iOS 5.1, MapKit use Google Maps, and I read somewhere that in Google Map's term and condition of use, it prohibit people from drawing on the Map (correct me if I am wrong).
In order to retrieve route data, I would imagine that I will have to get it through Google or Apple (I don't know if it's possible). I'm just wondering if Apple Map or Google Map have API to retrieve these?
If not, an alternative I came up with is to use a webview, and display my Map routes on Google Map. I'm just wondering if Google Map API will allow me to insert multiple locations and display all the routes?
I really need some suggestions... I am getting buried in all these problems.... thank you
Follow this sample - MKOverlay is the way to go. One more example is here.