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Questions tagged [point-of-interest]

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detail information about poi point in MKMapview

In the iOS 8.0 default map application, when you tap the POI point, you get detailed information including the name of the POI and address. My question is: Is it possible to do the same as this using MKMapView or IOS native code? If not, how can I…
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Turn off Google Maps local points

I currently have a webapp which draws points of interest using the maps api, however I have noticed a small annoyance which I would like to turn off if possible. Right now when the google map is loaded, it will show points of interest and local…
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ContentProvider with WebService as source

The scenario is the following: I've got an android app that basically consists of a mapview. This app queries various web services such as Foursquare or Wikipedia to obtain a list of locations and plot them into the map. The question, Does…
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api retrieve points of interest nearby city

I am looking for a API/web service for me to retrieve a list of landmarks, points of interest (and their GPS coordinates) near a given city. I tried google places including the query Place Search and type point_of_interest, but the results do not…
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How to get point of interest near my point using overpass-api?

I am using Overpass API. I have an issue to find some points of interest (cafes, hospitals, schools) near (around in 100-200 miles) my point. I have only latitude and longitude. Overpass API gives opportunity to get POIs using your place name. But I…
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Why write to Stream in chunks?

I am wondering why so many examples read byte arrays into streams in chucks and not all at once... I know this is a soft question, but I am interested. I understand a bit about hardware and filling buffers can be very size dependent and you wouldn't…
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Forms control that allows zoom, pan AND POI

For my phD project I need to do microscopy imaging. I cooked up an application using C#/winforms/GDI that allows me to display my images, zoom/pan them and display a ruler. However, the thing is quite buggy, although usable... What I need now is…
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OpenCV Sift/Surf/Orb : drawMatch function is not working well

I use Sift/Surf and ORB but sometimes i have a problem with the drawMatch function. Here the error : OpenCV Error: Assertion failed (i2 >= 0 && i2 < static_cast(keypoints2.size())) in drawMatches, file…
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Remove only restaurants from MKMapView

I'd like my MKMapView to show points of interest except restaurants. Is this possible, and if yes, how can I set this up? I did see the below in the Documentation but is it really all or nothing? @property (nonatomic) BOOL…
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GMaps API - remove default POI

How can I remove points of interest from google maps via API that is always rendered? I mean those points: http://j.mp/1ktcaeB I've seen it removed in couple of websites, but I couldn't find a way How to do it. Thanks for any advice.
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LINQ POI proximity

Can anybody tell me how I can get the distance from a given longitude, latitude to a POI (longitude, latitude) stored in SQL Server DB?
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Which approach is faster for getting all POIs from MySQL/MariaDB with PHP/Laravel

Correct me if I'm wrong. There are three approaches to get the nearest homes, users have created in my website: To create a table with two columns(latitude, longitude) that both of them are float and say: Here it is: $latitude = 50; $longitude =…
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query CouchDB to get poi within a certain radius

I want to create a CouchDB database with some POI's. Is there a way/query to get poi's within a certain radius (lets say 50 meters) from a given lat/long position? I saw an extension https://github.com/couchbase/geocouch , but this means I have to…
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CodeCanyon POI Auto Map doesn't work

I can’t get my purchased script to work, and I don’t know what to do. On menu page "Célula" I need to display a map with locations exactly like this one: http://www.igrejabatistadobosque.com.br/mapa-de-localizacao/ What have I done so far: Bought…
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android location app that calls an activity at a point of interest

We are working on an android app project that invokes an Activity directly at different point of interest (we know its not advicable), even when the app is not running. We've done something but the specified Activity is not invoked at the specified…
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