I'm working on an Application, where I make use of the free version of the Distance Matrix API provided by Google Maps. I'm familiar with the usage limits of the same as well. Is there any method available to check the Google Map API usage programatically from the Application?
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I'm developing an android app and I have a route path generated from Google Directions API like this example here
I want to check whether a location X falls on the route or not.
How i can possibly do this ?
NOTE: After searching on Stackoverflow i found this question and it's similar to what i want to do but it is in JavaScript and from the answers i found a method in Google maps JavaScript APIs here that do what i want but it's not available for the Android API Library ,How can i use it on Android ?
I found my answer here it an API for android from Google Maps utility API contain method containLocation()
com.google.maps.android.PolyUtil.containsLocation()
from Google Maps Android API utility library.
You can use isLocationOnPath() from android-maps-utils library.
I'm having a lot of trouble integrating the Google Maps API into Node.js. I'm currently using the node-googlemaps library.
However, I can't seem to be able to use the Google Maps geometry library specifically within this API.
So far I've gotten the directions API working. I would like to construct a polyline from the result of directions response, and then see if the polyline contains coordinates.
I guess the geometry API isn't 100% necessary, but it's something that I know would work if I could just get it working through Node.
Thank you!
The spherical-geometry-js library ports the Google Maps geometry API, so you could use it alongside node-googlemaps in your code. (Disclaimer: I'm the author of spherical-geometry-js.)
I'm trying to implement "Measure Distance" in google maps v3, something like what we can do in Google Maps Web.
I wonder if there is a library that implmente this as a drawingMode of DrawingManager.
You can now use this MeasureTool library for Google Maps JavaScript API v3 to do similar to what Google Maps offers.
Measurement tool for Google Maps API - project page
Here is a live demo.
Here's an example I found of a simple ruler that measures distance between two markers:
http://www.barattalo.it/measure-distance-google-maps
The source code is available via a link on that page.
I hope to use the same basic idea in my own Topographic Maps to drag out a series of markers, then use the resulting PolyLine to draw an elevation profile, etc. I'll post a reference to my code here if I'm successful.
That said, since this "Measure distance" UI has been part of the standard desktop Google Maps since July 2014, I would hope that the Google team might share it via the published Google Maps API soon, simplifying our work (not to mention standardizing the UI for such user drawn paths).
FYI,
Chris
On maps.google.com you can see a brilliant example on how a google maps application can suddenly turn into a google earth application smoothly.
I'm developing a google maps application, working with API version 3. I read the following line in the Google Earth API summary
If you have an existing Maps API site,
you can 3D-enable your page with as
little as one line of code.
But I have searched for hours without finding any clue how to enable 3D in my application. I've built my application on the google.maps.Map constructor and included the google mas API from this url: http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js
Does anyone know what I'm talking about and/or know how to enable 3D in a google maps application in 1 line?
Codemonkey
The previous answer by Fraser is perfect for V2 of the Maps API. However it's strongly recommended to use V3 since V2 has been deprecated.
To get similar functionality in V3 you can use the utility library at http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/googleearth/ -- simply include the javascript library, and then in your code instantiate the Earth layer for your map:
var googleEarth = new GoogleEarth(map);
To add the Google Earth instance to your map, simply add the G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP to your map with GMap2.addMapType().
var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"),{ size: new GSize(640,480) } );
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(42.366662,-71.106262), 11);
// Enable the Earth map type
map.addMapType(G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP);
var mapControl = new GMapTypeControl();
map.addControl(mapControl);
map.setMapType(G_SATELLITE_3D_MAP);
Here is the information on Integrating v2 of the maps Api with the Google Earth Plugin
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/services.html#Earth
Maybe Google means using KML(KMZ) files?
This language supports by Googgle Earth and Google Map.
I can make mistake, but it link is helpful - http://sketchup.wikia.com/wiki/KML
I write this in api v2:
map.enableGoogleBar();
I want to using v3, but I can't find enableGoogleBar function,
Where is it?
Check out http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-v3-googlebar It approximates the search functionality of the GoogleBar in v2, but works in v3.
This project offers a couple of advantages over the previous suggestion:
It includes a custom wrapper for the LocalSearch API's RESTful side, allowing tighter integration with a v3 map than is possible with the regular AJAX APIs LocalSearch object
It also includes a custom SearchForm so that you don't have to load the Search API at all.
It should be noted, though, that it does NOT (yet?) support AdWords, like the original GoogleBar did.
The Google Bar does not currently exist in the Maps API v3. You can implement the functionality manually by performing a Local Search using the Google AJAX Search API's.
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/local.html