Hi all,
I work with MS MapPoint 2002 under Delphi using TOleContainer. Everything works fine, but I have this problem: I have Lat and Long and want to search for nearest city. I need name of the city and name of the country, where it resides. I use this code:

Code:

 Dist:= 1;
 Loc:= self.GetLocation(X, Y);
 Results:= Loc.FindNearby(Dist);
 while &#40;Results.Count = 0&#41; and &#40;Dist < CMaxDist&#41; do
 begin
  Results&#58;= Loc.FindNearby&#40;Dist&#41;;
  Dist&#58;= Dist*2;
 end;
 if Results.Count > 0 then //here I have all locations
...

But in Results are Hotels, Restaurants, etc. How to obtain nearest city name?

Thanks for all replies. Bye Petr

One of the problems with the FindNearby method is results are limited to the CURRENTLY VISIBLE PlaceCategory objects (Like Restaurants, Airports etc..) So even if there is/was a way to get the city from the nearest "Place" the results could not be depended on.

A better approach might be what David is exploring (Also Delphi).

http://www.mp2kmag.com/mappoint/disc...pic.asp?t=3187

Hi Petr, as said above I am doing the same sort of thing although I am searching for the nearest road from a point so I can get a postcode.

The Map.ObjectsFromPoint method:

Code:

mpResults := mpMap.ObjectsFromPoint(mpMap.LocationToX(mpLocation), mpMap.LocationToY(mpLocation));

The above converts the Given location to a X,Y point on the Map it then searches for any Nearby Objects, roads, places of interest, towns etc..

Ran accross this on MSDN

ZIP Code - City Finder Sample Code
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...asp?frame=true