Re: Is Tracking Possible?

On Sep 13, 1:46 pm, cubangt <dan...@compkwd.com> wrote:
> Im looking thru the API's and trying to find out which one will allow
> us to do the following.
> We are looking to use Google maps api, whichever will work if any..to
> display a map that shows gps tracking information..
>
> In other words, we will have videos that are recorded that contain
> the
> GPS coordinates as its recording.. we are going to extract that data
> and want to create at a later time a map that outlines the
> coordinates
> on a map, somewhat similar to getting directions, you know how it
> highlights the streets you need to take... well we would like to do
> the same thing but with data from our videos.
>
> Is Google latitude or Google Map API the api's to use? or does google
> not offer that functionality?

It sounds like you have a series of GPS coordinates that you want to
display as a line on a map. The Google Maps API (both v2 and v3) will
allow you to do that. You might want to run the data through a
simplification algorithm, as the more points you have the longer it
will take to render.

-- Larry

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