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Yasiz
Yasiz

Reputation: 13

how to get Latitude and Longitude of the given Name of the City or Address (java code)?

I want to get latitude and longitude from a city name in java project(eclipse) with GoogleMaps. I tried with this code but I find multiple errors. I think because it is for Android. I wonder if you can help me??

public boolean getLatitudeAndLongitudeFromGoogleMapForAddress(String searchedAddress){

    Geocoder coder = new Geocoder(IPlant.iPlantActivity);
    List<Address> address;
    try 
    {
        address = coder.getFromLocationName(searchedAddress,5);
        if (address == null) {
            Log.d(TAG, "############Address not correct #########");
        }
        Address location = address.get(0);

        Log.d(TAG, "Address Latitude : "+ location.getLatitude();+ "Address Longitude : "+ location.getLongitude());
        return true;

    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        Log.d(TAG, "MY_ERROR : ############Address Not Found");
        return false;
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1772

Answers (1)

evan
evan

Reputation: 5691

The code you've posted is indeed for Android as it's using Android's Geocoder class.

If you're trying to geocode addresses server-side in a web application, then you should use the client libraries for web services instead. The Java client can be found here and it provides the following code example for Geocoding API:

GeoApiContext context = new GeoApiContext.Builder()
    .apiKey("AIza...")
    .build();
GeocodingResult[] results =  GeocodingApi.geocode(context,
    "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043").await();
Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
System.out.println(gson.toJson(results[0].addressComponents));

Note that you'll need a valid API key; I recommend you go through Google's get started guide.

Hope this helps you.

Upvotes: 1

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