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Asked: 2026-06-02T18:07:57+00:00

I am and Android/Java newbie and am having trouble creating a GeoPoint when I

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I am and Android/Java newbie and am having trouble creating a GeoPoint when I try to send it a variable, but it woks fine when I send it a literal value.

In the below code block, The toast message displays the correct latitude (retrieved from the strings.xml

How can I set the Latitude using a variable?

Integer intLat = Integer.valueOf(R.string.MexCityLat);
Toast.makeText(HelloGoogleMapsActivity.this, intLat, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint(intLat , -99120000);  //this puts my point near North Pole
//GeoPoint point = new GeoPoint(19240000, -99120000);  //this puts my point in Mexico City

OverlayItem overlayitem = new OverlayItem(point, "Hola, Mundo!", "I'm in Mexico City!");
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    GeoPoint

    public GeoPoint(int latitudeE6,int longitudeE6)

    Constructs a GeoPoint with the given latitude and longitude, measured in microdegrees (degrees * 1E6).

    Parameters:

     latitudeE6 - The point's latitude. This will be clamped to between -80 degrees and +80 degrees inclusive, in order to maintain accuracy in the Mercator projection.
 longitudeE6 - The point's longitude. This will be normalized to be greater than -180 degrees and less than or equal to +180 degrees.

    Also refer this link for how to convert double,float to geopoint. and be sure you are getting right value for intLat

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