Converting coordinates into map addresses
I am developing a GPS Server and tracking system:
- How can I convert latitudes and longitudes data got from a GPS tracking device into address data so that the client application report be displaying road name开发者_JS百科s instead of coordinates?
- How can I map the coordinate data so that tracker position be displayed on a map i.e. google maps or vector maps?
I'll highly appreciate your answers or suggestions
Use a reverse geocoder. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#ReverseGeocoding
Use a mapping API like Google Maps. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/
Here you find How to convert GPS coordinates to a full address with php?
And in Ruby:
require 'curb'
require 'json'
class GpsUtils
GOOGLE_MAP_URL = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng="
class << self
# Return the address
def convert_from_gps_coordinates_to_address(lat, long)
response = Curl.get(GOOGLE_MAP_URL + lat + "," + long)
json_response = JSON.parse(response.body_str)
# Read the full address (formatted_address) from json_response
json_response["results"].first["formatted_address"]
end
end
end
GpsUtils.convert_from_gps_coordinates_to_address("19.43250", "-99.1330"
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