I have been playing around with zooming and spanning in order to fit a list of Points on the view. Here is an exemple (not complete):

First off, created 4 int variables:



I created a function to setup the map:



That is about it. I will not go into details of the overlay and mapView setup etc... But this should help out on zooming and spanning to the correct level and position.

./C

Hello Charroch,

thx for sharing this useful snippet.

Regards,
plusminus

Hi,

I am trying to do pretty much the same in my application, but my points are moving dynamically on the screen.
As you did I calculated the midpoint of the cluster by averaging latitude and longitude, but I actually found out that this midpoint is not the same of the actual screen coordinate midpoint (obtained by averaging all points that needs to be drawn in screen coordinates). The offset between the two points is very small if the points are near on the screen but grows when the cluster spreads.

Do you know a way to center the map on a screen coordinate point?



In the attached shot you can see the two midpoints, the geo one (in black) and the screen coordinate one (in yellow) for a cluster of two points (green and red).
By the way, the city in the map is Turin in Italy if you're curious

charroch, thank you for the code, I just used it and it seems to work fine with 2 points. Have you seen any flaws with it? With how many points have you tried this? Also, s.semeria, I don't see why this wouldn't work with dynamic points, If you constantly update the minimum and maximum lat & long. Anyone has any other ideas on this matter?

charroch wrote:I have been playing around with zooming and spanning in order to fit a list of Points on the view. Here is an exemple (not complete):

First off, created 4 int variables:

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1.         // Minimum & maximum latitude so we can span it
2.         // The latitude is clamped between -80 degrees and +80 degrees inclusive
3.         // thus we ensure that we go beyond that number
4.         private int minLatitude = (int)(+81 * 1E6);
5.         private int maxLatitude = (int)(-81 * 1E6);
6.        
7.         // Minimum & maximum longitude so we can span it
8.         // The longitude is clamped between -180 degrees and +180 degrees inclusive
9.         // thus we ensure that we go beyond that number
10.         private int minLongitude  = (int)(+181 * 1E6);;
11.         private int maxLongitude  = (int)(-181 * 1E6);;
12.  

Parsed in 0.034 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

I created a function to setup the map:

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1.         /*
2.          * Basic Map setup
3.          */
4.         private void setupMap(){
5.                
6.                 // Holds all the picture location as Point
7.                 List<Point> mPoints = new ArrayList<Point>();
8.                
9.                 while (mCursor.next()) {
10.  
11. //You get the latitude/longitude as you want, here I take it from the db
12.                         int latitude = mCursor.getInt(LATITUDE_INDEX);
13.                         int longitude = mCursor.getInt(LONGITUDE_INDEX);
14.                        
15.                         // Sometimes the longitude or latitude gathering
16.                         // did not work so skipping the point
17.                         // doubt anybody would be at 0 0
18.                         if (latitude != 0 && longitude !=0)  {
19.                                
20.                                 // Sets the minimum and maximum latitude so we can span and zoom
21.                                 minLatitude = (minLatitude > latitude) ? latitude : minLatitude;
22.                                 maxLatitude = (maxLatitude < latitude) ? latitude : maxLatitude;               
23.                                
24.                                 // Sets the minimum and maximum latitude so we can span and zoom
25.                                 minLongitude = (minLongitude > longitude) ? longitude : minLongitude;
26.                                 maxLongitude = (maxLongitude < longitude) ? longitude : maxLongitude;
27.                                
28.                                 mPoints.add(new Point(latitude, longitude));
29.                         }
30.                 }
31.                
32.                 // Get the controller
33.                 mMapController = mMapView.getController();
34.                
35.                 // Zoom to span from the list of points
36.                 mMapController.zoomToSpan(
37.                                 (maxLatitude - minLatitude),
38.                                 (maxLongitude - minLongitude));
39.                
40.                 // Animate to the center cluster of points
41.                 mMapController.animateTo(new Point(
42.                                  (maxLatitude + minLatitude)/2,
43.                                  (maxLongitude + minLongitude)/2 ));
44.                
45.                 // Add all the point to the overlay
46.                 mMapOverlay = new MyPhotoMapOverlay(mPoints);
47.                 mMapOverlayController = mMapView.createOverlayController();
48.  
49.                 // Add the overlay to the mapview
50.                 mMapOverlayController.add(mMapOverlay, true);
51.         }
52.  

Parsed in 0.040 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

That is about it. I will not go into details of the overlay and mapView setup etc... But this should help out on zooming and spanning to the correct level and position.

./C

Hey guys! Great site...and a wealth of information.

I was goofing around today and tried this code using anywhere from 10 to 40 points and needless to say it would not zoom properly. The min values and max values in my case are all very close...once changed to int...the max and min values are the same. So, for instance the min point (lat) would be 27.4386958 ends up 27 and furthest point (27.4386999) is also 27. The same happens for the longitude values. So I end up with a max/min of 27/27 and 87/87. The zoom in this case does not encompass all the points.

Any thoughts?

Everyone's suggestions were really buggy for me, here is my version with improved math.

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mapController.zoomToSpan(
    (locationPoint.getLatitudeE6() > mapPoint.getLatitudeE6()
        ? locationPoint.getLatitudeE6() - mapPoint.getLatitudeE6()
        : mapPoint.getLatitudeE6() - locationPoint.getLatitudeE6()),
    (locationPoint.getLongitudeE6() > mapPoint.getLongitudeE6()
        ? locationPoint.getLongitudeE6() - mapPoint.getLongitudeE6()
        : mapPoint.getLongitudeE6() - locationPoint.getLongitudeE6()));
    mapController.animateTo(
        new GeoPoint(
            locationPoint.getLatitudeE6() - ((locationPoint.getLatitudeE6() - mapPoint.getLatitudeE6())/2),
             locationPoint.getLongitudeE6() - ((locationPoint.getLongitudeE6() - mapPoint.getLongitudeE6())/2)
        ));


charroch wrote:I have been playing around with zooming and spanning in order to fit a list of Points on the view. Here is an exemple (not complete):

First off, created 4 int variables:

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1.         // Minimum & maximum latitude so we can span it
2.         // The latitude is clamped between -80 degrees and +80 degrees inclusive
3.         // thus we ensure that we go beyond that number
4.         private int minLatitude = (int)(+81 * 1E6);
5.         private int maxLatitude = (int)(-81 * 1E6);
6.        
7.         // Minimum & maximum longitude so we can span it
8.         // The longitude is clamped between -180 degrees and +180 degrees inclusive
9.         // thus we ensure that we go beyond that number
10.         private int minLongitude  = (int)(+181 * 1E6);;
11.         private int maxLongitude  = (int)(-181 * 1E6);;
12.  

Parsed in 0.037 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

I created a function to setup the map:

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1.         /*
2.          * Basic Map setup
3.          */
4.         private void setupMap(){
5.                
6.                 // Holds all the picture location as Point
7.                 List<Point> mPoints = new ArrayList<Point>();
8.                
9.                 while (mCursor.next()) {
10.  
11. //You get the latitude/longitude as you want, here I take it from the db
12.                         int latitude = mCursor.getInt(LATITUDE_INDEX);
13.                         int longitude = mCursor.getInt(LONGITUDE_INDEX);
14.                        
15.                         // Sometimes the longitude or latitude gathering
16.                         // did not work so skipping the point
17.                         // doubt anybody would be at 0 0
18.                         if (latitude != 0 && longitude !=0)  {
19.                                
20.                                 // Sets the minimum and maximum latitude so we can span and zoom
21.                                 minLatitude = (minLatitude > latitude) ? latitude : minLatitude;
22.                                 maxLatitude = (maxLatitude < latitude) ? latitude : maxLatitude;               
23.                                
24.                                 // Sets the minimum and maximum latitude so we can span and zoom
25.                                 minLongitude = (minLongitude > longitude) ? longitude : minLongitude;
26.                                 maxLongitude = (maxLongitude < longitude) ? longitude : maxLongitude;
27.                                
28.                                 mPoints.add(new Point(latitude, longitude));
29.                         }
30.                 }
31.                
32.                 // Get the controller
33.                 mMapController = mMapView.getController();
34.                
35.                 // Zoom to span from the list of points
36.                 mMapController.zoomToSpan(
37.                                 (maxLatitude - minLatitude),
38.                                 (maxLongitude - minLongitude));
39.                
40.                 // Animate to the center cluster of points
41.                 mMapController.animateTo(new Point(
42.                                  (maxLatitude + minLatitude)/2,
43.                                  (maxLongitude + minLongitude)/2 ));
44.                
45.                 // Add all the point to the overlay
46.                 mMapOverlay = new MyPhotoMapOverlay(mPoints);
47.                 mMapOverlayController = mMapView.createOverlayController();
48.  
49.                 // Add the overlay to the mapview
50.                 mMapOverlayController.add(mMapOverlay, true);
51.         }
52.  

Parsed in 0.041 seconds, using GeSHi 1.0.8.4

That is about it. I will not go into details of the overlay and mapView setup etc... But this should help out on zooming and spanning to the correct level and position.

./C

Is it posible to show information about the scale?