Find County name for a Lat/Long

Question

I\'m trying to find a webservice that will allow me to get a County name (not Country) for a specific Lat/Long. I would be performing the lookup within a server application (li

Answer 1

Google does populate the county for your example,

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=39.76144296429947,-104.8011589050293&sensor=false

In the response, look under the key address_components which contains this object representing "Adams" county,

{
    long_name: "Adams"
    short_name: "Adams"
    -types: [
        "administrative_area_level_2"
        "political"
    ]
}

Here's from the Geocoding API's docs,

administrative_area_level_2 indicates a second-order civil entity below the country level. Within the United States, these administrative levels are counties. Not all nations exhibit these administrative levels.