Albert, I think your concern is that you code is not working. Here goes, the code below works for me really well. I think you are missing URIUtil.encodeQuery to convert your string to a URI.
I am using gson library, download it and add it to your path.
To get the class's for your gson parsing, you need to goto jsonschema2pojo. Just fire http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Sayaji+Hotel+Near+balewadi+stadium+pune&sensor=true on your browser, get the results and paste it on this site. It will generate your pojo's for you. You may need to also add a annotation.jar.
Trust me, it is easy to get working. Don't get frustrated yet.
try {
URL url = new URL(
"http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address="
+ URIUtil.encodeQuery("Sayaji Hotel, Near balewadi stadium, pune") + "&sensor=true");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : " + conn.getResponseCode());
}
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream())));
String output = "", full = "";
while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(output);
full += output;
}
PincodeVerify gson = new Gson().fromJson(full, PincodeVerify.class);
response = new IsPincodeSupportedResponse(new PincodeVerifyConcrete(
gson.getResults().get(0).getFormatted_address(),
gson.getResults().get(0).getGeometry().getLocation().getLat(),
gson.getResults().get(0).getGeometry().getLocation().getLng())) ;
try {
String address = response.getAddress();
Double latitude = response.getLatitude(), longitude = response.getLongitude();
if (address == null || address.length() <= 0) {
log.error("Address is null");
}
} catch (NullPointerException e) {
log.error("Address, latitude on longitude is null");
}
conn.disconnect();
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The Geocode http works, I just fired it, results below
{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Pune",
"short_name" : "Pune",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Pune",
"short_name" : "Pune",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Maharashtra",
"short_name" : "MH",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "India",
"short_name" : "IN",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Pune, Maharashtra, India",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 18.63469650,
"lng" : 73.98948670
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 18.41367390,
"lng" : 73.73989109999999
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 18.52043030,
"lng" : 73.85674370
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 18.63469650,
"lng" : 73.98948670
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 18.41367390,
"lng" : 73.73989109999999
}
}
},
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}
Edit
On 'answers do not contain enough detail`
From all the research you are expecting that google map have a reference to every combination of locality, area, city. But the fact remains that google map contains geo and reverse-geo in its own context. You cannot expect it to have a combination like Sayaji Hotel, Near balewadi stadium, pune. Web google maps will locate it for you since it uses a more extensive Search rich google backend. The google api's only reverse geo address received from their own api's. To me it seems like a reasonable way to work, considering how complex our Indian address system is, 2nd cross road can be miles away from 1st Cross road :)
