Hi plusminus,

please tell how to do reverse geocoding,
I have the latitude and longitude, from that i want the location name or address

Thanks
Nithin

plusminus,

myLocationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
loc = myLocationManager.getCurrentLocation("mobeegal");
lat = loc.getLatitude() * 1E6;
GmmGeocoder geocoder = new GmmGeocoder(Locale.getDefault());
Address[] addresses = geocoder.query("chennai", GmmGeocoder.QUERY_TYPE_REVERSE_GEOCODE, lat, lng, 0, 0);

but i am getting null pointer exception.. igave proper permission and all.. but still showing error, null pointer exception

the error is in the line
Address[] addresses = geocoder.query("chennai", GmmGeocoder.QUERY_TYPE_REVERSE_GEOCODE, lat, lng, 0, 0);

please send the solution....i need it urgently... thsi prob is killing my time..

You could use the following webservice:

http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html

Here is an example URL: http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceN ... 47.3&lng=9

You get back a xml file with the country in it. It looks quite good.

Regards!

hi coding_android,

thanks for your reply.. but that not i neede... i searched those sites, but didnt get anything useful for me...

I am not looking for mock reverse geocoding..

import com.google.android.location.GmmGeocoder;

using this, we can do real geocoding, so is there any way to do reverse geocoding

waiting for some reply............

Hmm could you explain me the difference between real and not real geo coding.

I can only find that class for mock geocoding and reverse geocoding:

http://code.google.com/android/referenc ... coder.html

I don't know where you find the class you mentioned above.

http://www.androidjavadoc.com/m5-rc15/c ... frame.html

in this GmmGeocoder is there and its not mock....

GmmGeocoder geocoder = new GmmGeocoder(Locale.getDefault());
Address[] addresses = geocoder.query("chennai", GmmGeocoder.QUERY_TYPE_LOCATION, 0, 0,180,360);

if you give like this , you can get the address of any location in google map.......

thanks
Nithin