I have read multiple ways to map a location and I am a bit confused on what is the best. I simply want to open a map centered on a specific street address. Whatever the best option, is there a link to an example somewhere?

Should I:
1) Use the android Geocoder class?
2) make an http post to get long/lat (from yahoo or somewhere)
3) other

thanks for your help!
Ryan

I understand there could be some problems, but I went ahead and used the GmmGeocode class.

Has anyone used the MapView Intent to show a point on a map?

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

Hello ryank,

doesn't it work

Regards,
plusminus

I haven't tried using it yet, but I don't recall seeing any examples of it.

Hello ryank,

what about:

(untested)

Regards,
plusminus

Thanks plusminus!

Is it possible to set defaults, such as zoomDialog, Satelite view, etc, when using the Intent vs. creating your own mapView?

Hello ryank,

that document page didn't show anything related to that.

Regards,
plusminus

I have tried both ways. I think I'll just stick with launching an Inent for now. However, I see mixed results - sometimes it loads the map tiles and other times it just shows my point, with no tiles.

anyone else run into this?

ryank wrote:I have tried both ways. I think I'll just stick with launching an Inent for now. However, I see mixed results - sometimes it loads the map tiles and other times it just shows my point, with no tiles.

anyone else run into this?

Its very probably not your fault.