Copyright (C) 2014 Srividya Sundaram
LocGenie – An open source Android application that suggests users places of their preferred activity within their preferred distance in Map View along with their address.Also displays places dynamically whenever user drags the map view to a different region.
Coding was done in JAVA with Android API Level 20.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Following is the link for the repository: https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder
Please, see the file license in this distribution for license terms. Link is https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/LICENSE.md
References: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start#getting_the_google_maps_android_api_v2 https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/ https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/ https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9605913/how-to-parse-json-in-android
Author - Srividya Sundaram email: [email protected]
Srividya Sundaram
LocGenie
LocGenie is an Android app that suggests users places for hiking, camping, fishing, bowling or an RV-Park from their current location. The user is given the option of choosing one of the activity - Hiking, RV-Park, Camping, Fishing, Bowling. The app also allows the user to enter his/her preferred distance within which they are looking for places. LocGenie displays the suggestions in a Map along with their address.
The application is developed in JAVA. Google Places API and Google Maps Android API v2 is used to fetch places and display them in Map View. The suggested places are highlighted using map markers.
Please check the below link to get the file license in this distribution. Link : https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/LICENSE.md
The source code can be found at the following repository Link for repository : https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/tree/master/MainActivity
Please click on the links below to find developer documents Github Manual https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/GitHub_Manual.pdf
Google Maps API Key Generation https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/GoogleMapsAPIKeyGeneration.pdf
Google Places API Key Generation https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/GooglePlacesAPIKeyGeneration.pdf
Please click on the links below to find user documents: Guide for .apk installation: https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/Guide%20for%20APK%20Installation.pdf
Click on the link below to find Build Instruction https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/InstallationGuideForDevelopers.pdf
https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/User%20Manual.pdf
- Internet Connection.
- Android device.
- Google Play Services installed in the android device.
- Your own Google Places API Key and Google Maps API Key generated from your Google account.
- Add more activities that can be chosen.(rafting, parasailing etc)
- Calculate distance from users current location to the suggested places.
- Predict climatic conditions of those places on the current day and suggest the best place to visit among all the places suggested.
- Suggest nearby eat outs along with the places.
https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/labels/bug
https://github.com/Srividya2212/LocationFinder/blob/master/Docs/Loc%20Genie_ppt.pptx