GeoSpatial Query for Student Project

[Adrian Buchmann]

Hi

For a student project (it's just a prototyp) we have created an RESTful API on the App Engine. We'll use the api as a data source for a hybrid mobile app to display spotted birds on a (Google) map. To reduce the bandwidth requirements I have created a geospatial filter (https://cloud.google.com./appengine/docs/java/datastore/geosearch) to just request the data of a specific area. Locally the code works like charm, but I'm unable to deploy it on the App Engine, as it is still an alpha feature.

Can allow us to use this feature for our project? 

Kind regards

Adrian

[Emanuele Ziglioli]

Hi Adrian,

I work in the field of Wildlife Tracking, just curious: what's your data source? We fetch it from Argos and also store locations onto App Engine.

Are you saying that you're not allowed to deploy it because you didn't get an invitation?

Meanwhile, you could consider the Search API: https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/java/search/

I haven't tried that one either, we simply build large json files containing all the locations. It's much faster for the client to sort and filter them, we're talking around 150,000 entries max.

Regards,

Emanuele

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[Zeehad (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hello Adrian,

The Alpha program has reached capacity and we are no longer considering any new candidates. Thank you very much for your interest and stay tuned for the Beta which will be open to everyone!

Cheers.