Offline Geocoding/Reverse Geocoding and Search on Maps
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Pawan Thakur
Oct 20, 2016, 6:54:30 AM10/20/16
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Hello,
Our existing web-based tool collects transit rider data including trip start location, where the person is going, where the person boarded the bus, and where he/she will exit the bus.
For all location questions, we use Google Maps API to geocode / reverse geocode and provide search operations on Maps to collect above information and it works perfect as long as we are connected to the Internet. Frequently, however, we run into places without any connectivity.
So we have been using simple XAMP container on Android devices to run our web based application offline, but the mapping, geocoding/reverse geocoding does not work without a connection.
While looking for solutions we came across information where it is mentioned that we can store Map Tiles and use them in absence of Internet but again we could not find how to provide the user with the ability to search for address, landmark, or intersection and obtain those plus coordinates; or click on a map and get the corresponding street address plus coordinates.
We found OSMAND which looks very promising and so we’d like to further explore it to determine the usability for our requirements.
Any references / suggestions, contact email of developers are appreciated.
P.S. I can see the names of contributors here but it doesn't provide emails to contact.
http://osmand.net/help-online?id=about
Our existing web-based tool collects transit rider data including trip start location, where the person is going, where the person boarded the bus, and where he/she will exit the bus.
For all location questions, we use Google Maps API to geocode / reverse geocode and provide search operations on Maps to collect above information and it works perfect as long as we are connected to the Internet. Frequently, however, we run into places without any connectivity.
So we have been using simple XAMP container on Android devices to run our web based application offline, but the mapping, geocoding/reverse geocoding does not work without a connection.
While looking for solutions we came across information where it is mentioned that we can store Map Tiles and use them in absence of Internet but again we could not find how to provide the user with the ability to search for address, landmark, or intersection and obtain those plus coordinates; or click on a map and get the corresponding street address plus coordinates.
We found OSMAND which looks very promising and so we’d like to further explore it to determine the usability for our requirements.
Any references / suggestions, contact email of developers are appreciated.
P.S. I can see the names of contributors here but it doesn't provide emails to contact.
http://osmand.net/help-online?id=about
Marc Gemis
Oct 21, 2016, 4:55:38 AM10/21/16
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