Since Jan 2012, Google has started highlighting search areas in pick color. See the details here:
http://googlesystem.blogspot.in/2012/01/highlight-areas-in-google-maps.html
Does anyone know if this can be programmatically done using google maps API 3? I would want to show my cities in the map highlighted as shown in the link above.
I have already tried the Geocode API where I search for a city. That API only gives me the lat and long information. It does not help me in plotting the city boundaries.
No. It's not available in the API.
(It may be available in the future. Features of Google Maps do migrate into the API, but Google don't make announcements in advance and no-one has a crystal ball.)
You would need to find the city boundaries and draw the line yourself. Boundary data is almost certainly public-domain for the US. Other jurisdictions may not be so forthcoming.
Although a very old post my answer might help somebody out there as am landing on this post every time I query for bounding box:
Yes we can get the bounding box coordinates that google is using to highlight a region using Googles geocoding service. check for the response of the API call in the below sample from Google.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-simple?refresh=1
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A tile sent from Nokia Here-Map tiles API, contains at least two POIs that do not exists in real life and also not on other Map services like Google Maps and OpenStreetMap. How can i get accurate/fresh POIs with the Map Tiles Api?
I'm using the service with LeafletJs, and i use a hybrid.day base map and a base one, with the pois parameter set to true and map version set to "newest". The tiles i'm getting effectively contains POIs but it doesn't seem accurate. I wrote to the sales support at Nokia Here, i'm not sure they can help me, but the website also indicate to use stackoverflow for technical questions. Mine doesn't seem like a sales related question or a technical one but i see no other alternative contact.
This is a link to get a tile with incorrect POIs:
https://4.base.maps.cit.api.here.com/maptile/2.1/maptile/bd9e007617/normal.day/17/59178/60113/256/png8?app_id=mVrBstuYsfUVga31l6IX&app_code=xphvU-Uj071dI-UkNaxMrg&lg=fre&pois=true&style=default
The tile contains two POIs that do not exists in real life or on other map services like OpenStreetMap. The two are: "Ecobank" and "Restorant Aku".
The place the map shows is around these coordinates: lat:14.729235451930021
lng:-17.46165559897639
The returned tile shouldn't contains inexistant POIs.
This is an error in HERE database. You should report it through HERE Map Creator
It will go through some kind of quality moderation, so it may take a few weeks. Maybe adding a fresh photo would speed up things.
I am working on a GSM based tracking device . i have successfully able to plot the approximate location on google maps using Gmap.net library for windows application and google maps api for android application.I want to mainly do the tracking of the Rail coach .with my current device i gets the approximate location near the railway track.I want to shift that Location /Maker on the near by Rail track.i need help and suggestions on how to achieve this task.please help.
Afaik the gmap.net library does not provide any feature around pinning tracking data, so I guess some manual work might be necessary.
The naive approach is to map your track on your own, google maps etc. is fine. I fact I've used gmap.net once itself to create exactly that.
Then all you need to do is some math (useful key word here is 'shortest path'), to locate the closest matching tracking point and use interpolation to distinguish your anticipated position on the track. You can also add some plausibility checks to speed up the whole process such as "knowing" where on your track you've already been.
I've got experience in real-time tracking for TV events and can go in deeper detail if you want.
I want business description using google API or wikidata API.
As shown in above image I want to access description (which is highlighted in red circle.) and store it into application database.
What I tried till now, I used google place API to get the place information, using that I am able to get information like review,rating,opening hours. But I am not able to get that information which I have mention in above image. But I do not know how to get that information using Wikidata api or Google Knowledge Graph api.
Can any one suggest me that how can I use that API to get that information.
Any help would be highly appreciated !
Thanks,
I'd also be keen to know if this is possible. For example, with a bounding box. 4 coordinates, might it be possible for Google Knowledge or another API to give me a summing up of the place.
For example: bbox=4.721375,52.290843,5.070190,52.399905
Might return information and history on the city of Amsterdam. Like when you type into Google Search "Amsterdam".
Just a thought. I have previously accomplished this with a very manual combination of Overpass API (related to OSM) and Freebase.
I just found this: Find a place description in Freebase using latitude and longitude?
So, it can be done. And it is already documented.
Trying to mimic the 'what's here' feature of Google Maps in my own website but it seems that items of type 'natural_feature' are excluded from Google Maps 3 API geocoding and places searches, both nearby and radar, and also on text searches unless the EXACT name of the place is provided. This must have been an informed choice by Google to do this - anyone know the rationale, and better, offer a workaround? Seems crazy that I can't get the names of woods, nature reserves etc. any more...
Found out how to do it! If you get a geocoding API key from Google you can get all the data for natural features included in the JSON/XML response from a server request like the following (I was trying to get the data for "Gamsey Wood"):
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=52.4180698,-0.2029999&result_type=natural_feature&key=YOUR_GOOGLE_GEO_KEY
Happy days!
I am new to Google Maps API and I have a requirement to integrate Google Maps API with an ASP.Net application. Is there a Google service where in I can input a UK postcode and radius as input parameters and get results only, without the map.
For example if I search for solicitors in a particular area like Z1 1XY (not real post code) with a radius of 5 mi, can I get the results of all solicitors with the postcodes 5 mile radius? Is there any service that would return the result set only? I know GeoCoding does something similar but can I provide radius as one of the input parameter and get results.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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The Geocoding API may only be used in conjunction with a Google map; geocoding results without displaying them on a map is prohibited. For complete details on allowed usage, consult the Maps API Terms of Service License Restrictions.
Source: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/#Limits
yes, you can use the Google Geocoding API to do address lookups (in this case postcodes). The response contains lat/lon co-ordinates which you can then subsequently use as the epicenter of your search to find items within a radius. Have a look at this blog post on how to use the DbGeography in .NET to perform radius queries based on lat/lon co-ordinates.