Another free REST API with city accurate information would be http://freegeoip.net Requests are fairly straight forward. You would use something like http://freegeoip.net/{format}/{ip_or_hostname} to geocode an IP address, where format can be csv, xml or json. Their website has all the details. [UPDATE:] FreeGeoIP.net was not continuously available in the past as a public service. The … Read more
func getAddressFromLatLon(pdblLatitude: String, withLongitude pdblLongitude: String) { var center : CLLocationCoordinate2D = CLLocationCoordinate2D() let lat: Double = Double(“\(pdblLatitude)”)! //21.228124 let lon: Double = Double(“\(pdblLongitude)”)! //72.833770 let ceo: CLGeocoder = CLGeocoder() center.latitude = lat center.longitude = lon let loc: CLLocation = CLLocation(latitude:center.latitude, longitude: center.longitude) ceo.reverseGeocodeLocation(loc, completionHandler: {(placemarks, error) in if (error != nil) { print(“reverse geodcode … Read more
There are multiple reverse geocoding APIs available for OpenStreetMap (since the data is open-source, anyone can build one). The two that I would recommend you investigate further are: Nominatim, run by a member of the OSM community as a volunteer project. Reverse Geocoding documentation CloudMade Geocoding, run as a commercial service. Reverse Geocoding documentation (at … Read more
There are multiple reverse geocoding APIs available for OpenStreetMap (since the data is open-source, anyone can build one). The two that I would recommend you investigate further are: Nominatim, run by a member of the OSM community as a volunteer project. Reverse Geocoding documentation CloudMade Geocoding, run as a commercial service. Reverse Geocoding documentation (at … Read more
The following code snippet is doing it for me (lat and lng are doubles declared above this bit): Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault()); List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(lat, lng, 1);
I use http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org for reverse lookups, it’s very easy to use: http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?format=json&lat=54.9824031826&lon=9.2833114795&zoom=18&addressdetails=1
From a Geocoder object, you can call the getFromLocation(double, double, int) method. It will return a list of Address objects that have a method getLocality(). Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault()); List<Address> addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(lat, lng, 1); if (addresses.size() > 0) { System.out.println(addresses.get(0).getLocality()); } else { // do your stuff }