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Erik
Erik

Reputation: 5119

java howto mark places using longitude and latitude on a world map

I have a list of gps positions like this:
( not even sure they are called gps positions)

38.54090514, -121.76151662 
53.3661332, -1.8168501

Where to start reading about how to mark this positions on a world map?

Been reading allot but cannot get a grip what librarys or java classes to use.

Would be grate to get a beginner example project.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 700

Answers (1)

alf
alf

Reputation: 8523

Well, it seems noone's answering.

The problem is, there's no standard API for displaying a map.

Moreover, every map comes in its own projection, be it Mercator projection or something else, and in its own datum, be it WGS 84 used by GPS or something else (my home country happened to love the SK-42 reference system also known as the Krasovsky ellipsoid).

Now in order to put your GPS (WGS 84) position on a map, you need to know what map you have at hand, what projection it uses, and what reference ellipsoid, or datum, was used to build that projection.

Without that, noone can help you.

Upvotes: 2

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