How to Sort Geo-points according to the distance from current location in Android

Question

I have a \"Place\" object with a LatLng coordinate for each:

import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;

public class Place{
    public String name;
           


        

Answer 1

As you got your current location, You can sort by calculating the driving distance (which is most suitable for places like restaurants ) as follows,

1. Calculate the distance to each object

   http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin="+yourLat+","+yourLong+"&destination="+toLat+","+toLong+"&sensor=false&mode=DRIVING
   

2. Once you calculate each distance , apply some simple sorting algorithm for those distances.