Geospatial developer guide for Android (Kotlin/Java)
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Learn how to use the Geospatial API in your own apps:
Sample app and codelab
This video walks through the steps to building an app that displays Geospatial
data and places content in real-world locations using the Geospatial API.
You can also follow the Geospatial codelab
documentation for the same steps. To run the sample app created in the video,
see the ARCore Geospatial Quickstart.
Development requirements
If you're new to developing with ARCore, see Getting started
for information about software and hardware requirements, prerequisities and
other information specific to the platforms you are using.
Be sure your development environment satisfies the ARCore SDK requirements, as
described in the Quickstart.
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Last updated 2025-07-14 UTC.
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