Thread: pinpointing on map

hi everybody,

i am working on my GUI, and i have a map that i need to pinpoint on it. its like a positioning system using wifi. so i have my algorithm to calculate the location but the problem i dont know how to display the result which basically will be a pin on map like in Google maps. any ideas please? some body told me to do grid but i cant find any resources to help in the grid technique. hint** i am not a programmer , i am an engineer

thanks in advance !!

What sort of GUI are you using (eg Swing)? What sort of context/class is your map represented (eg Image)?

hi copeg,

well i am using netbeans to creat the GUI and the map will be an image ( eg jpg) ...

In essence you will draw another image of your "peg" at the location tour algoritm works out. IF your algorithm wors out its position is (2, 5) away from the computer or whatever thats where you would draw the peg on the image.

You need to have a translation layer which translates the coordinates your alg gives you to the coordinates on the map.

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my algorithm is not calculating coordinates , actually its comparing previously recorded signal strengths at locations with the signal strength with user who will be using the GUI. once the match happens, then the user is at this location ( which is previously known by its signal strength. then the GUI will pinpoint the location of user on the map at this location. i hope i make sense.