Android Question get Latitude and Longitude by city?

[ilan]

hi

how can you get Latitude and Longitude + Timezone id by city?

example:

New York ->

Lat: 40.712776
Lon: -74.005974
TimeZoneID: America/New_York

thanks

 

[MarcoRome]

See:

Database of cities with coordinates and timezone

I'm looking for a database containing city name, location coordinates, and timezone. I thought this would be simple to find, but it has proven difficult. (I don't see this question covered elsewhe...

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[ilan]

thanks will have a look at it

 

[mangojack]

how can you get Latitude and Longitude + Timezone id by city?

Another possible solution ..

Using the Places Autocomplete Custom View, you can get the City Latitude and Longitude.

With these parameters, you can then request the TimezoneID using Googles Timezone API.

[B4X] [custom view] Google Place Autocomplete View

B4A, B4i and B4J classes are attached. PlacesAutocompleteView is based on SearchView. It calls Google's Places autocomplete API to let the user select a place. Once selected it sends another request to get the exact location. You can get other information as well. B4A project depends on...

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Time Zone requests and responses | Time Zone API | Google for Developers

developers.google.com

Edit : you could use Google Places API directly first to get the Lat & Lon , instead of the AutoComplete class (which basically does this for you)

Google Maps Platform Documentation | Places API | Google for Developers

Google Maps Platform Documentation

developers.google.com

 

[Alex_197]

Check this - here.com

Build apps with HERE Maps API and SDK Platform Access | HERE Developer

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