Is there an API convert long/lat to city,country rather than Google API?
I found that geonames does not give the city.
Thanks,
Ling
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Is there an API convert long/lat to city,country rather than Google API?
I found that geonames does not give the city.
Thanks,
Ling
Actually, outside the US the geonames API call ‘extendedFindNearby’ does in fact give city/country hierachy rather than just the address information.
EG:
http://ws.geonames.org/extendedFindNearby?lat=-34.9663955375277&lng=150.719617020043