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Android: how to get an image of a location with latitude and longitude

On iOS, when we have a location's latitude and longitude, we can use MKMapSnapshotter to create an image. How to achieve this on Android?

In the screenshot below from an iOS app, a snapshot of the map can be created with a latitude and a longitude.

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Solution

  • You can use "google static map" to get an image with location by coordinates.

    You can load the generated image by creating a URL request, for example:

    String url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=" + latitude + "," + longitude + "&zoom=15&size=300x300&sensor=false&key=YOUR_API_KEY"

    Furthermore, you can dive into the documentation of static maps. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/overview