Questions tagged [location-based-service]
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Getting name of google places API (Place Search) for my current location
I am making an android app, in which I will use the name of current location to search its details over wikipedia. for e.g. If I am in Madame Tussauds, First I ll get the current location coordinates then after reverse geocoding, it's info will be…

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Finding the location obtained by GPS_Provider and Network_Provider at the same time stamp
I have been trying to find the location obtained by GPS_Provider and Network_Provider for every 5 minutes and at the same time stamp for the two values obtained at any specific time.
I tried using the following location strategy given…

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GeoLocation with FourSquare and Google Maps
How can i place Foursquare venues on a Google Map in objective C . I found source code in php and c/java but how can i embedded this module in my code . Does exist any way to make it in objective c for ios app…

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Add user review to Google map from my application(Android)
I am trying to create a location-based services Android application. I had successfully getting the user reviews from Google Places API by following the guidance from this link.
https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/details
I also found…

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Foursquare API Combining data
1) I notice that Foursquare does not show all places, but other engines show places that are not yet in Foursquare, but I would like to use Foursquare API, so is there a problem showing a merged view of places from more than one engine providing…

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Parse QGeoAddress::street() for just the street name
I have been fighting with this for a while, so hopefully someone can help me out. I'm open to any and all suggestions.
When I query QGeoAddress::street(), I (may) receive both the street number, plus the street name. I would like to get just the…

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android getThoroughfare as writable string?
I am currently creating an app which uses location based variables and for arguments sake, I want to take in the string which is assigned from getThoroughfare() and afaik, it's a String according to the API but lets say I do this
class Game extends…

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Data in the database is not fetched from MySQL in PHP code
I have implemented my database and then I am retrieving data from database via PHP.
In my code I am supposed to filter data by name and if the name exists, I want to print the data. Although the wanted item is in the table, nothing is displayed. I…

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Does taking altitude out of the equation helps in Augmented Reality apps
I'm developing a Geo-based AR application on Android and was disappointed with the POIs shown irrelevantly to the ground,, since I want it to always be shown on the ground (Altitude 0).
do you think it's a good idea to take the altitude out of the…

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foursquare location over wifi
We are planning to use screens with realtime user check-ins on some events. To to make it easier for users to check-in (mobile internet such as GPRS or 3g has a pure connection) we want to add mobile wifi hotspots around it.. but I fear there could…

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Clarification on info given by NetworkManager Class in Android
I would like to detect the position of the Android mobile device without internet connection.
The only option being, to use the info from nearby Cell Towers, I want to know whether TelephonyManager class can be used for this(Assuming that the…

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Show Place name shown in Camera View
I am making an AR based android app.
I have my current location coordinates + nearby places coordinates and names + Bearing between current location and nearby places + azimuth.
I am stuck at how to show all the nearby places' names that are visible…

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How to use location based services on kindle fire
i want to use location based services in my application.
How to do it on kindle fire?

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