Is there a way to get a city name from a latitude and longitude point using the google maps api for javascript?
If so could I please see an example?
Here's a modern solution using a promise:
function getAddress (latitude, longitude) {
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
var method = 'GET';
var url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=' + latitude + ',' + longitude + '&sensor=true';
var async = true;
request.open(method, url, async);
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (request.readyState == 4) {
if (request.status == 200) {
var data = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
var address = data.results[0];
resolve(address);
}
else {
reject(request.status);
}
}
};
request.send();
});
};
And call it like this:
getAddress(lat, lon).then(console.log).catch(console.error);
The promise returns the address object in 'then' or the error status code in 'catch'
There are many tools available
other free and paid tools are available also
you can do it with pure php and google geocode api
/*
*
* @param latlong (String) is Latitude and Longitude with , as separator for example "21.3724002,39.8016229"
**/
function getCityNameByLatitudeLongitude($latlong)
{
$APIKEY = "AIzaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"; // Replace this with your google maps api key
$googleMapsUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=" . $latlong . "&language=ar&key=" . $APIKEY;
$response = file_get_contents($googleMapsUrl);
$response = json_decode($response, true);
$results = $response["results"];
$addressComponents = $results[0]["address_components"];
$cityName = "";
foreach ($addressComponents as $component) {
// echo $component;
$types = $component["types"];
if (in_array("locality", $types) && in_array("political", $types)) {
$cityName = $component["long_name"];
}
}
if ($cityName == "") {
echo "Failed to get CityName";
} else {
echo $cityName;
}
}
Here is a complete sample:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Geolocation API with Google Maps API</title>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
<script>
function displayLocation(latitude,longitude){
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
var method = 'GET';
var url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng='+latitude+','+longitude+'&sensor=true';
var async = true;
request.open(method, url, async);
request.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(request.readyState == 4 && request.status == 200){
var data = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
var address = data.results[0];
document.write(address.formatted_address);
}
};
request.send();
};
var successCallback = function(position){
var x = position.coords.latitude;
var y = position.coords.longitude;
displayLocation(x,y);
};
var errorCallback = function(error){
var errorMessage = 'Unknown error';
switch(error.code) {
case 1:
errorMessage = 'Permission denied';
break;
case 2:
errorMessage = 'Position unavailable';
break;
case 3:
errorMessage = 'Timeout';
break;
}
document.write(errorMessage);
};
var options = {
enableHighAccuracy: true,
timeout: 1000,
maximumAge: 0
};
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successCallback,errorCallback,options);
</script>
</body>
</html>
In node.js we can use node-geocoder npm module to get address from lat, lng.,
geo.js
var NodeGeocoder = require('node-geocoder');
var options = {
provider: 'google',
httpAdapter: 'https', // Default
apiKey: ' ', // for Mapquest, OpenCage, Google Premier
formatter: 'json' // 'gpx', 'string', ...
};
var geocoder = NodeGeocoder(options);
geocoder.reverse({lat:28.5967439, lon:77.3285038}, function(err, res) {
console.log(res);
});
output:
node geo.js
[ { formattedAddress: 'C-85B, C Block, Sector 8, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India',
latitude: 28.5967439,
longitude: 77.3285038,
extra:
{ googlePlaceId: 'ChIJkTdx9vzkDDkRx6LVvtz1Rhk',
confidence: 1,
premise: 'C-85B',
subpremise: null,
neighborhood: 'C Block',
establishment: null },
administrativeLevels:
{ level2long: 'Gautam Buddh Nagar',
level2short: 'Gautam Buddh Nagar',
level1long: 'Uttar Pradesh',
level1short: 'UP' },
city: 'Noida',
country: 'India',
countryCode: 'IN',
zipcode: '201301',
provider: 'google' } ]