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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:45:52+00:00

I do not think there is something like this but I give it a

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I do not think there is something like this but I give it a go anyway.

Let us say I have a square defined by two points (latitude, longitude combination). Is there a (free) API (gazetteer?) which returns the country/countries in which the square is located and possibly place names, cities, admin area names within the square?

Another useful API would be one which returns the same information as above given a point (latitude, longitude) and a (predefined) radius.

I would prefer the first solution though.

Thanks.

Christian

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  1. Editorial Team

    I don’t think they will meet all your requirements, but GeoNames Web Services are worth a look:

    Check the terms for information regarding licence and daily usage.

    And of course, you can always have a look at the Google Maps Reverse Geocoder, but I don’t think it supports a bounding box or radius parameter:

    http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=40.714224,-73.961452&sensor=false

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