Google Geolocation API - Use longitude and latitude to get address in textbox?

Question

I have noticed a lot of information about how to get your location using Google geolocation looks, based on IP address. But I am wondering if and how I could use this service t

Answer 1

What you are trying to do is reverse geocoding (See Daniel's answer).

An example implementation in PHP:

/**
* reverse geocoding via google maps api
* convert lat/lon into a name
*/
function reverse_geocode($lat, $lon) {
    $url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=$lat,$lon&sensor=false";
    $data = json_decode(file_get_contents($url));
    if (!isset($data->results[0]->formatted_address)){
        return "unknown Place";
    }
    return $data->results[0]->formatted_address;
}