I'm curious if I can do following this in wp7.
I want to do some basic things in park like:
Pan, zoom,
display POI layer.
Route from current location to park attractions,
concession stands,
misting stations,
bathrooms, etc.
Display additional info.
like height requirments and thrill levels when tapping on a ride
location.
Is it possible?
I think pan is not possible available. you have to set the zoom level explicitly or via the map's zoom button. There are a few Bing Maps API you can tap on for POI data. you should look at the following services
Route Service - Allows you to calculate location from one point to another http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966826.aspx
Search Service - Allows you to do location searches eg. find nearby restaurants, petrol stations etc.
Other useful services
Geocode Service - Allows you to resolve address using coordinates and vice versa
Imagery Service - Gives you access to image data to build maps
Related
as the title stated, I'm trying to develop a GIS (geographic information system) webpage, whereby the user (admin) can input location and picture, and the marker will be shown/popup in the main page's map. I'm using Laravel framework and Leaflet for the map to implement the GIS. I manage to show the map without any marker yet. As the admin want to add the location to show the marker in the main page's map, normally what i've seen is that you need to include the Lat/Long for that specific location. It is true that including Lat/Long can make the marker more accurate to pin point the exact location, and I think it is necessary thing to include, as it is the main source of information to the system for pin point the location. But as a user, sometimes they not as diligent as we thought, the problem will occur if they left the lat/long to 0, because they are too lazy to search for the lat/long, thus making the initial goal which is to show marker in the main map fail.
Is there a way to make the Lat/Long automatically filled as the user type their location information? Or is there any other technologies for the GIS that I could implement/use?
Thank you.
If I'm not mistaken, then you are asking about this like
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/overview
Does anyone know how to interact with google maps street view to retrieve a batch number of images (~200) along the street view from point A to point B? I could always manually go and move along the street and "print screen." but this is time consuming. I work for city government, and we're trying to get more info on our streets.
You can take use of the Google Street View Image API, which gives you the ability to link to a picture of the Streetview directly. For example,
this link:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/streetview?size=640x640&location=40.720032,-73.988354&fov=90&heading=235&pitch=10
links to this image:
But there are 2 problems about this Google Street View Image API:
1) It only support up to 640x640, no bigger image for the free account.
2) I think the ToS requires the data be publicly accessible if you are using it for free.
You can solve these by applying to the Google Maps for Work, which I might able to refer you and get discounts.
What I have achieved so far is implement this tutorial http://www.androidhive.info/2012/08/Android-working-with-Google-places-and-maps-tutorial/
And now what I want is to implement a way in which GPStracker class which enables GPS for my device and detects where I am right now instead of my location, I want to show my app users a particular area let's say north of Bangalore (India); I know how to setup different types but I'm asking help in this
i.putExtra("user_latitude", Double.toString(gps.getLatitude()));
i.putExtra("user_longitude", Double.toString(gps.getLongitude()));
gps.getLatitude ()
Is asking GPSTracker.java for coordinates and the location manager is simply pulling the same from my location, but what I want is fake the users location to some coordinates in the north of the city so that I can show them the results of that area (places -restaurants)
Say I am in a location.
Near that location there are regions and famous buildings
like region, kepaduri, wisconsin street, etc.
Is there a way to query google and get info what are the close things near me?
Basically I am making an IPhone apps and I want to populate the autocomplete
If you're looking for a webservice where you send coordinates and it returns a list of "regions" that are nearby I don't beleive Google provides that, and if they did, it's got nothing to do with MKMapView.
So basically I am trying to create a custom GPS map for my WP7 application. I did find a great website with step by step instructions.
But in this example they used a program called OziExplorer. I tried to get this program and now i have 3versions of it. which are(I don't know which to use):
oziexplorer 3d
oziexplorer ce
oziexplorer pc
What i figured was that oziexplorer can only be used for windows pocket pc meaning winmo6.5 so i dont know if this is compatible with WP7.
I did find another website where an actual wp7 app has been released that allows a user to take a picture of a map and calibrate it with 2 points of location and the image can then be used as a gps map.
If anyone could possibly point me in the right direction as to how to begin creating a custom map to use in a wp7 app I would be ever so grateful. The map is supposed to be a map of a park.
Thanks in advance for everyones help and sorry if i sound like a noob..its just google has finally failed me..
Regards
shan
One approach I've seen for making map tiles is to use Microsoft MapCruncher - see http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/mapcruncher/ and http://www.bdcc.co.uk/GoogleCrunch/Crunch.htm - this enables you to build custom tiles for an overlay.
This blog - http://dotnetbyexample.blogspot.com/2010/10/showing-open-source-maps-on-windows.html - tells you how to show custom tiles within the Bing Maps Silverlight viewer.
I would guess (don't know) that OziExplorer tiles could be used in this way - you just need to find a way to map the tile co-ordinates to a custom tile layer.
Another option for you is to use OpenStreetMap data:
You can use CloudMade's services - www.cloudmade.com - to produce map tiles with customised look-and-feel.
You can produce your own tiles using MapNik - but (as I'm sure you are already aware) the processing and storage size needed for map tiles is large