[Mistry, 3(3): March, 2014] ISSN: 2277-9655 Impact Factor: 1.852 http: // www.ijesrt.com(C)International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology [1710-1712] IJESRT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY “Location Finder” using ArcGIS map in Android Dr. Mijal Mistry *1 , Mr. Pritesh Patel 2 *1,2 Computer Science Department, ISTAR, Sardar Patel University, V.V.Nagar, Gujarat, India mijalmistry@rediffmail.com Abstract Now a days the availability of smartphones are becoming very common to people. There are lots of applications developedfor smartphone devices. Applications with GIS facility for smartphone are growing day by day. The mobile application is developed in Android platform.For showing the maps and its related information using ArcGIS map. This paper gives idea about how to find the location. Two various forms of location Finding is provided. One is entering the address and searching and other is whenever map is clicked, it will check out the clicked location and retrieved the detail address and display the information in pop up window. This helps to search the area where we are and based on that information can be shared. Keyword:Android, Arc GIS, Maps,Smartphone,Location, Searching, GIS Introduction In emerging technology paradigm, “Geographical Information System (GIS)” has emerged as powerful tool which has potential to organize complex spatial environment with tabular relationships. The emphasis is on developing digital spatial database, using the data sets derived from precise navigation and imaging satellites, aircrafts, digitization of maps and transactional databases. The power and potential of GIS is limited only by ones imagination. [1] However to exploit the technology to benefit the planning process there is need to initiate aprocess for integration of data, based on Interoperable open standards, specifications & formats. The enormous demand for the storage, analysis and display of complex and voluminous data has led, in recentyears, to the use of Geographic Information Systems for effective data handling and also for analyzing and geographically transferring the information around the world. [1] A GIS can be thought of as a system it digitally makes and "manipulates" spatial areas that may be jurisdictional, purpose, or application- oriented. [3] In a general sense, the term describes any information system that integrates stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information for informing decision making. GIS applications are tools that allow users to create interactive queries (user-created searches), analyze spatial information, edit data in maps, and present the results of all these operations.[4][5] Geographic information science is the science underlying geographic concepts, applications, and systems.[6] GIS Can Do Map Where Things Are Mapping where things are lets you find places that have the features you're looking for and to see patterns. Map Quantities People map quantities to find places that meet their criteria and take action. A children's clothing company might want to find ZIP Codes with many young families with relatively high income. Public health officials might want to map the numbers of physicians per 1,000 people in each census tract to identify which areas are adequately served, and which are not. Map Densities A density map lets you measure the number of features using a uniform areal unit so you can clearly see the distribution. This is especially useful when mapping areas, such as census tracts or counties, which vary greatly in size. On maps showing the number of people per census tract, the larger tracts might have more people than smaller ones. But some smaller tracts might have more people per square mile—a higher density. Find What's Inside Use GIS to monitor what's happening and to take specific action by mapping what's inside a specific area. For example, a district attorney would