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Geodata Querying Optimisations

I am planning to write a Node.js-powered RESTful web service that I will use for a mobile application which provides some sort of location based features. The most basic use case is going to look something like this: the user can create a resource…
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Nearby Places search gives a random result rather than a specific result

When I first run my app, on cicking on a particular Place Type, it generates every tpe of nearby place like: atm, malls, food,schools etc. within my specified mile radius. Code for Places Activity: package www.uneditedmap.com.locationandmap; import…
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Auto-Start Glasswarre based on user's location

I am working on a location-based google glass app which gives details detecting user's location. I want my app to start automatically only when the user is at a certain position without his/her input. For example, a google glass user wants to take…
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Programmatically find common European street names

I am in the middle of designing a web form for German and French users. Within this form, the users would have to type street names several times. I want to minimize the annoyance to the user, and offer autocomplete feature based on common French…
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How many times must the GeoCoordinateWatcher fire?

My Wp7 (Mango) app needs to know the location of the user in order to search for the nearest object in the database. But I want to display the result on the welcome screen, so I need my location ASAP. I've written a code that starts the…
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Find Nearest location from your current location & display that locations in list view & then on Maps

I am developing one application in which I am having database of the places with me as a addresses in form of String. Using Geocoders I am getting the Lat/Long of the same. I also done with my current location. Now from that current location I wish…
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Deploying AR objects in specific coordinates in Unity Engine

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek advice on the development of an AR (augmented reality) app that involves placing AR objects in their real-world coordinates (latitude, longitude). I have tried using several tools such as…
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Why do we call everything a GPS location?

At the moment I'am working on a application that is using the location of a phone. Before I started with building my application I did some research about how the phone location is working. The conclusion is that a mobile phone can talk to a GNSS…
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How can I get the location, as a string, of a map marker in Android studio?

I am trying to get the current location of the marker from a location-based-services app and then display that location as a string. What classes do I need to call? I know I can get the map variable as a GoogleMap, but I'm not sure which functions…
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Is it possible to use custom public transport line with Here routing service

We need to have a complement on public transportation services, so we need to input theses lines so that they will be considered together with the official public transit layers when invoking the routing Api in Here. Is there a way to do that ?
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Find the top 5 nearest locations from given location

I am creating an app in which I need top 5 nearest riders location from cook location and then store in list an ascending order. I have found the nearest rider location from cook location. But i am bit confused how to add top 5 in list. That's my…
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network geofencing without an app for android and ios

I want to do a little bit geofence advertising but I want people to receive my notifications regardless of weather they have my app or not. so just with their location on, they are gonna be able to receive the advertising. is this even possible? if…
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Extract phone's exact location using GPS and change device settings according to it

Im creating an app that'll use GPS to determine user's exact location. User can manually add locations when he/she is actually on that location (something like add here),and user can add as many entries he want. Then when user goes back to any of…
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C# Location Based Service application advices

I am looking forward to get myself involved in C# programming, specifically in LBS apps. If anyone could take a minute to help with some advices, it would be appreciated. Kind of: the environment(tools,the best IDE);the technologies; …
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Android Location Based service show up nearby place based on user's route

I have this Android project i have to develop an application using location based service using google map and web service. in this application user will set source point to destination point so that user will get route. when user get this route…
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