Android Google Maps API v2 check land or water

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I'm working with Android Google Maps API v2. Is it possible to check if point (LatLng) is in water or land?

asked Jan 20 '15 at 14:10

GrafOrlov

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Maps V2 has no means of telling you if a point is over land or water. Whether there is some other Google API that could do this, I cannot say. – CommonsWare Jan 20 '15 at 14:13
checkout this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3645696/1484779 – jlopez Jan 20 '15 at 14:16

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No, there is no direct API for this AFAIK.

Another SO answer pointed out two possible workarounds:

You can use Google Maps Reverse Geocoding . In result set you can determine whether it is water by checking types. In waters case the type is natural_feature. See more at this link http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#Types.
You can detect waters/lands by pixels, by using Google Static Maps. But for this purpose you need to create http service.

answered Jan 20 '15 at 14:13

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