[android-challenge] Re: Using GmmGeocoder for challenge submission ? - Ram - com.googlegroups.android-challenge

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From	Sent On	Attachments
Ram	07 Apr 2008 01:08
Dan U.	07 Apr 2008 02:35
Ram	07 Apr 2008 13:20
Dan U.	07 Apr 2008 13:30
Dan Morrill	07 Apr 2008 18:45
Ram	07 Apr 2008 19:25
gunaaa	08 Apr 2008 08:50
Ram	08 Apr 2008 10:26
gunaaa	08 Apr 2008 21:10
Dan U.	08 Apr 2008 21:26

Subject:	[android-challenge] Re: Using GmmGeocoder for challenge submission ?
From:	Ram (Ram....@gmail.com)
Date:	04/08/2008 10:26:44 AM
List:	com.googlegroups.android-challenge

I'm not sure if I understand the question, but if you're asking about how to send a location to the google/com/glm/mmap server ...............you can use the GmmGeocoder class to do that.

The code will look something like this GmmGeocoder geoCoder = new GmmGeocoder(Locale.getDefault()); Address[] addresses = geoCoder2.query(business, GmmGeocoder.QUERY_TYPE_BUSINESS, lat, long, latspan, longspan);

----------- Btw can you please use the Android developers group for these questions.

On Apr 8, 8:51 am, gunaaa <guna...@gmail.com> wrote:

i dont know how to latitude and longitude by sending request as location to google.com/glm/mmap server.... If anyone succeeds, please reply...

Thanks Guna

On Apr 8, 7:26 am, Ram <Ram....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Dan, that doesn't answer my question. I know that there is no prohibition on using undocumented apis and I also know undocumented apis can be removed from future SDK builds. Possible removal of the api in future builds won't impact me. As mentioned above, I'm only concerned about M5-rc14 and this build does support GmmGeocoder though it is undocumented.

However, GmmGeocoder uses google.com/glm/mmap server functionality and I don't know whether it is safe to count on the server functionality continuing to work over the next one month.

Dan U mentioned that he expects the server functionality to continue working ....and that is what I also think. However, it is possible that Google could turn off the server functionality or deny requests from Android simulators. If the server functionality doesn't work, GmmGeocoder will stop working in M5-rc14. So it will be nice to get official confirmation on whether the google.com/glm/mmap server functionality (as required by GmmGeocoder) will continue to work.

Thanks Ram

On Apr 7, 6:45 pm, "Dan Morrill" <morr...@google.com> wrote:

Dan is quite correct. We will not be requiring source code to be submitted and we won't be monitoring what the applications are doing, so we won't know if you are using internal or undocumented APIs. There are no prohibitions in the rules against this. However, Dan is also correct in that you should be very cautious using undocumented APIs, since they are likely to change or even be removed in future builds of the SDK.

- Dan

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Dan U. <dan....@gmail.com> wrote:

I think they are going to say it's not supported, but that doesn't necessarily mean it won't work. I think the glm server is probably used for more than just Android, so I wouldn't expect it to go away, but I could be wrong.

On Apr 7, 1:08 am, Ram <Ram....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, my app will need geocoding functionality and ....so I looked at geocoding support in Android today.

I was able to get the mock GeoCoder functionality working. However, the default geodb data is very limited. I'm not sure if it is a good idea for me to require judges to adb-push a new geodb file with additional data.

I was also able to get the undocumented GmmGeocoder working (I discovered this class from old posts on the android-dev group).

Since judges will use M5-rc14 to test apps written with M5- rc14 ..........and since the GmmGeocoder is supported in M5-rc14, I'm assuming that it is OK for challenge-submissions to use the GmmGeocoder class. However, I'm not sure whether google.com/glm/mmap server functionality (which GmmGeocoder relies on) will continue to work for the next one month

Can Dan (so someone else from google) please confirm that it is OK for challenge entries to use the GmmGeocoder class. (comments from non- google devs also welcome)

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