Processing for Android: Create Mobile, Sensor-aware, and XR Applications Using Processing

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A. ColubriProcessing for Androidhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9585-4_9

9. Geolocation

Andrés Colubri¹  

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University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA

 

Geolocation sensors give us the ability to know where our devices are with high accuracy and to use this information in location-aware apps. In this chapter, we will see how to create this type of apps in Processing and will develop a final project combining location with images from Google Street View.

Location Data in Android

We use location-aware apps in our smartphones all the time to find places of interest around us, to plan travel directions in advance, or to play location-based games like ...