private String generateUrl(GeoObj startPos, GeoObj destPos, boolean byWalk) {
// build the url string:
StringBuilder urlString = new StringBuilder();
urlString.append("http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en");
if (byWalk) {
urlString.append("&dirflg=w");
}
urlString.append("&saddr="); // from
urlString.append(Double.toString(startPos.getLatitude()));
urlString.append(",");
urlString.append(Double.toString(startPos.getLongitude()));
urlString.append("&daddr="); // to
urlString.append(Double.toString(destPos.getLatitude()));
urlString.append(",");
urlString.append(Double.toString(destPos.getLongitude()));
urlString.append("&;ie=UTF8&0&om=0&output=kml");
return urlString.toString();
}
/**
* This method returns the best match for a specified position. It could for example be used to
* calculate the closest address to your current location.
*
* @param location
* @return the closest address to the {@link GeoObj}
*/
public Address getBestAddressForLocation(GeoObj location) {
try {
List<Address> locations =
myGeoCoder.getFromLocation(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude(), 1);
if (locations.size() > 0) {
return locations.get(0);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
