How to find location from where image is captured?

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I'm working on Android application. In this, I need that when I capture image or selects from gallery for uploading, it should show current location like city etc. I've tried using GPS but when I run it on Android Emulator, it shows Latitude and Longitude with 0 ,0 . Any help will be appreciated. What should I do for this ?

Lucifer · Answer 1 · 2012-10-06T05:56:00.687

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Obviously you can not fetch GPS in emulator. Emulator is not an real device. You can use .gpx files which contains lal-lon details. You need to upload this file from DDMS when your program is running, so you can fetch dummy GPS Co-ordinates in emulator.

You can find sample .gpx from google

edited Oct 06 '12 at 05:56

answered Oct 06 '12 at 05:48

Lucifer

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Yes. I want to Get Location Name Like Jaipur,Delhi etc. – user1722589 Oct 06 '12 at 06:05

Amit Hooda · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-06T06:20:15.653

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You can not fetch GPS in emulator.But there is a work around for that

telnet localhost 5554

Connect to your emulator.Like shown above and then

geo fix -23.234334 32.234344 4392

First two are longitude and latitude values and the last one is altitude in meters.

Now from there you can call from GeoCoder http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Geocoder.html

 public List<Address> getFromLocation (double latitude, double longitude, int maxResults)

It will return a list of Address that has a method getLocality

Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
List<Address> addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(lat, lng, 1);
if (addresses.size() > 0) 
    Log.i("address",""+addresses.get(0).getLocality());

Try with various values and check!

edited Oct 06 '12 at 06:20

answered Oct 06 '12 at 06:03

Amit Hooda

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Thanks Amit .But Actully i want to get location name like Jaipur,Delhi etc. – user1722589 Oct 06 '12 at 06:07
i used it .when i am printing toast notification it showing service not available. – user1722589 Oct 06 '12 at 06:28
in your manifest and check internet availability – Amit Hooda Oct 06 '12 at 06:32
also check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5205650/geocoder-getfromlocation-throws-ioexception-on-android-emulator – Amit Hooda Oct 06 '12 at 06:33

How to find location from where image is captured?

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