Questions tagged [android]
"Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications," Wikipedia.
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Seeking Mobile GIS applications for Android Tablets? [duplicate]
I know that ArcGIS is available for Android, but does anyone know of any other GIS apps that are available for Android tablets?
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Generating random locations nearby?
I am trying to create random locations nearby my location. What i want is to create random latitude/longitude pairs inside a 200 meters circle surrounding my location.
This is the formula i came up ...
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Is there an comparison of the various mapping libraries for Android?
I am currently looking at the various libraries that I can use to show a map in my custom Android App. I have found several like Mapsforge, OSMDroid, ArcGIS runtime for Android, Google Maps for ...
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Tile names & coordinates relationship
I'm aware that this site is intended for cartographers, geographers and GIS professionals. I must admit that I'm absolute beginner in the area of maps, but not in the area of programming (40+). I hope ...
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Tablet or smart phone GPS vs "real" GPS
I've been reading a lot today about android and iphone devices being used for spatial data collection in the field and it sure seems to be that single purpose devices such as the extremely popular ...
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Solution for android map app with offline use?
I am in search of a way to develop an app for android with embedded maps which can work without an internet connection(i.e. can i get the tiles of the open streetmap for offline use?).
I have ...
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Calculating bounding box by given center and scale in Android?
Given these conditions:
a scale like 1:50000
the center of the viewport is 100°E, 20°N
the size of the viewport is 400x600
How can I calculate the bounding box of the viewport?
The geographic ...
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Creating simple maps to view on Mobile devices? [duplicate]
My organization wants to create a few maps that will be interactive and viewable via phones (android, iphones,etc) and ipads.
We already have a solution using Geocortex (Silverlight) for browser ...
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Advanced android app for mapping and GPS logging?
I am looking for an android app able to log GPS data like coordinates, altitude, current speed and would be nice if also the GPS accuracy/number of satellites. Many GPS apps are able to display these ...
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How do I group near points with GPS positions?
I'm an IT person so I don't know too much about projections and so on, I hope you can help me.
I have made an application for Android that collects a GPS position, so I have the latitude and the ...
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Are there any GIS component that can be used for developing GIS applications for Android phones? [duplicate]
I know that ESRI has ArcGIS APIs for Android what other options are there for me as developer, if I'm about to develop GIS applications for an Android phone?
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GNSS raw measurements on Android: Does real time/post processing Differential techniques possible?
In the recent months we all saw kind of breakthrough in Android Smartphone GNSS receivers: GNSS raw measurements are now accessible, and this is significant since those are the most common form of ...
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Is there an industry-standard official mapping of GLONASS satellites to "PRN" values?
In the U.S. GPS system, satellites are uniquely identified by the PRN number broadcast by each satellite. This ID is usually visible on most GPS receiver platforms that provide access to individual ...
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Mobile offline mapping and editing of shapefiles?
I've got a client that wants to create a mobile app that can view and edit shapefiles stored locally on the device to enable it to work offline. There is a possibility of converting the shapefiles to ...
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Displaying KMZ file + my location in Android Google Maps application?
I don't know anything about GIS.
Someone sent me a GPX file that I converted into a KMZ file so it's displayed in Google Maps.
It works fine when viewed in a browser, but I'd like to display it in the ...
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Is there a method to create offline geocoder using OSM xml data?
I am trying to develop an offline android map that makes use of OSM map tiles of 15 zoom level, For this purpose i used an open source library : Osmdroid
Now, i m looking into the possibility of ...
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Displaying Georeferenced Images on Android [closed]
I'm looking for an Android application (best would be Open Source), that can display georeferenced images on top of a map (Google, OSM, ...).
By Georeferenced I mean that the images four corners are ...
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How to serve local maps for an offline HTML5 webmapping app?
How could one serve maps (tiles in wherever format possible) within a Android device to be consumed by an offline webmapping app also accessed within the device's browser?
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Android native app - Geoserver
I am involved in a bigger university mobile application project and my task is to design and develop a mobile module regarding map and location-based services in a native Android application.
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Leaflet export GeoJSON to file
I'm building a mobile application with PhoneGap for data collection.
I'm able to place map-markers and edit their feature contents. All markers are stored in a L.layerGroup() called markerGroup;
The ...
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Is there an industry-standard official mapping of Galileo satellites to global "PRN”/ID values?
In the U.S. GPS system, satellites are identified by the PRN number broadcast by each satellite. This ID is usually visible on most GPS receiver platforms that provide access to individual GPS ...
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Seeking Android app to save offline map and POIs? [closed]
I don't know much about GIS and would like to find an application for travelling with the following features:
support Points of Interests (sights, restaurants, etc.); Clicking on any POI should ...
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How to use OSM xml extracts? Can I make an offline app in Android using OSM?
I'm new to OpenStreetMaps. I have followed their wiki/main page and tried to understand it.
Can anyone briefly explain how exactly OSM xml data works and how it is rendered? ...Any links /pointers ...
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Can the QField Android App integrate with Dropbox (in order to open & edit/view a desktop Project)?
I have a project that I work on in QGIS (desktop), for which my project file and shapefiles / layers are all saved in my 'Dropbox' folders.
I would like to be able to open, view and preferably edit ...
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Bind GNSS receiver with android app over bluetooth
I'm looking to integrate a GNSS receiver with a Smartphone app. I've found only GNSS receivers that are meant to communicate only with their mobile interface, they don't provide any documentation for ...
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How to build Android spatialite?
I have been trying to build spatialite for Android for a few days now without success. I have even tried the recent documentation from the Google project page here: https://code.google.com/p/...
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Maximum GPS-based location Sampling rate of smartphones
I am working on Android application that needs to take GPS locations at the rate of 10Hz to 1Hz. I tried it by setting 100ms for time interval for requestLocationUpdates(_, 100, _, _) function. But ...
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ArcGIS Collector on Android failing to upload multiple features with attachments
I have a data capture map in ArcGIS Collector working correctly on a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Android 4.1.2) and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (Android 4.4.2). I also have the same map working in the ArcGIS ...
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How to get route between Two lat/long using ArcGIS Map in Android?
What I'm trying to do is have two edit boxes for source and destination. Based on those two locations I need to draw the route on an ArcGIS map in Android.
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Reverse Geocode for Android
I am new to arcgis for android. I practice using Geocode and reverse geocode. I use sample Place Search from Esri, but i also want to add Reverse Geocode in it so that after a user put in the address ...
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QGIS Qfield visiblity of offline layers on Android 6.0 Samsung tablet Galaxy tab S2
I am running a brand new out of the box Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 with Android 6 and trying to get QGIS QField to operate correctly. So far I have created a QGIS project in QGIS desktop, packaged it with ...
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Display WMS layer from local GeoServer in mobile application with Cesium JavaScript Library?
I need to display a WMS layer from my local GeoServer in a mobile application with the Cesium JavaScript Library, but I don't know how to do it.
Can anyone help me?
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Aiming to retrieve source and destination from Android, use pgrouting dijkstra to find shortest path and display it back on Android
I have created an Android application that will accept source and destination from the user. It then calls a php page which takes in the lattitude and longitude of the destination and the source. I am ...
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Unable to save changes in QField [closed]
I am trying to set up QField for a project, and during testing I am not able to save changes to point layer, and get the error "Unable to save changes". Project is saved on internal storage, ...
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