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Google Maps Web Services API wrapper for .NET
For Quickstart and more info read the wiki pages (https://github.com/maximn/google-maps/wiki)
The web page - http://maximn.github.com/google-maps
NuGet page - https://www.nuget.org/packages/GoogleMapsApi/
Check out my blog at http://maxondev.com
Install via NuGet Package Manager:
Install-Package GoogleMapsApi
Or via .NET CLI:
dotnet add package GoogleMapsApi
This library wraps Google maps API.
You can easily query Google maps for Geocoding, Directions, Elevation, Distance Matrix, and Places.
NEW! Now you can easily show the results on a Static Google Map!
This Library is well documented and easy to use.
You can configure your Google Maps API key in several ways:
// Option 1: Set API key per request
DirectionsRequest directionsRequest = new DirectionsRequest()
{
Origin = "NYC, 5th and 39",
Destination = "Philadelphia, Chestnut and Walnut",
ApiKey = "your-google-maps-api-key"
};
// Option 2: Set globally via app.config/appsettings.json (see wiki for details)
using GoogleMapsApi;
using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Common;
using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Directions.Request;
using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Directions.Response;
using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Geocoding.Request;
using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Geocoding.Response;
using GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps;
using GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps.Entities;
//Static class use (Directions) (Can be made from static/instance class)
DirectionsRequest directionsRequest = new DirectionsRequest()
{
Origin = "NYC, 5th and 39",
Destination = "Philadelphia, Chestnut and Walnut",
};
// Synchronous call
DirectionsResponse directions = GoogleMaps.Directions.Query(directionsRequest);
Console.WriteLine(directions);
// Async call (recommended)
DirectionsResponse directions = await GoogleMaps.Directions.QueryAsync(directionsRequest);
Console.WriteLine(directions);
//Instance class use (Geocode) (Can be made from static/instance class)
GeocodingRequest geocodeRequest = new GeocodingRequest()
{
Address = "new york city",
};
var geocodingEngine = GoogleMaps.Geocode;
GeocodingResponse geocode = await geocodingEngine.QueryAsync(geocodeRequest);
Console.WriteLine(geocode);
// Static maps API - get static map of with the path of the directions request
StaticMapsEngine staticMapGenerator = new StaticMapsEngine();
//Path from previos directions request
IEnumerable<Step> steps = directions.Routes.First().Legs.First().Steps;
// All start locations
IList<ILocationString> path = steps.Select(step => step.StartLocation).ToList<ILocationString>();
// also the end location of the last step
path.Add(steps.Last().EndLocation);
string url = staticMapGenerator.GenerateStaticMapURL(new StaticMapRequest(new Location(40.38742, -74.55366), 9, new ImageSize(800, 400))
{
Pathes = new List<GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps.Entities.Path>(){ new GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps.Entities.Path()
{
Style = new PathStyle()
{
Color = "red"
},
Locations = path
}}
});
Console.WriteLine("Map with path: " + url);
FAQs
Google Maps Web Services API wrapper for .NET
We found that googlemapsapi demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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