location_navigator 1.0.0

A Flutter package to navigate and find nearby places using location.

📍 Location Navigator

A Flutter package to find and navigate nearby places (e.g. Mosques, Hospitals, Hotels, Restaurants, Pharmacies) using OpenStreetMap data and Geolocator.

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✨ Features

• 🔎 Get user's current location with permission handling.
• 🕌 Show nearby Mosques, Hospitals, Restaurants, Hotels, Pharmacies etc.
• 📍 Dropdown to select place type (amenity).
• 📝 Search box to filter nearby places by name.
• 📏 Places sorted automatically by distance.
• 🗺️ Built-in Map view with markers and navigation.
• 🎨 Simple Material Design with teal theme.

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⚙️ How It Works

1. Get Current Location
   The package uses geolocator to request location permission and fetch the user's latitude & longitude.

2. Fetch Nearby Places
   It calls OpenStreetMap (Overpass API) through a service (PlaceService) to search for nearby places based on amenity type (e.g. hospital, mosque, hotel).

3. Distance Calculation
   Each place's distance from the user is calculated using Geolocator.distanceBetween(...).

4. Sorting & Filtering

   • If the user selects a category (Hospital, Mosque etc.), results are filtered by that.
   • If the user types in the search box, results are filtered by name.
   • Finally, places are sorted by nearest distance.

5. Display Results

   • A ListView shows the places with name, type, and distance.
   • Tapping an item opens a Map screen (powered by flutter_map) where the selected place and user location are displayed.

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📦 Installation

Add the dependency in your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  location_navigator: ^1.0.0
Then run:
flutter pub get