how to get city name from latitude and longitude code example
Example 1: get city from location html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"/>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Reverse Geocoding</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var geocoder;
if (navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successFunction, errorFunction);
}
function successFunction(position) {
var lat = position.coords.latitude;
var lng = position.coords.longitude;
codeLatLng(lat, lng)
}
function errorFunction(){
alert("Geocoder failed");
}
function initialize() {
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
}
function codeLatLng(lat, lng) {
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);
geocoder.geocode({'latLng': latlng}, function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
console.log(results)
if (results[1]) {
alert(results[0].formatted_address)
for (var i=0; i<results[0].address_components.length; i++) {
for (var b=0;b<results[0].address_components[i].types.length;b++) {
if (results[0].address_components[i].types[b] == "administrative_area_level_1") {
city= results[0].address_components[i];
break;
}
}
}
alert(city.short_name + " " + city.long_name)
} else {
alert("No results found");
}
} else {
alert("Geocoder failed due to: " + status);
}
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="initialize()">
</body>
</html>
Example 2: get city name from latitude and longitude in php using geocode api
var x=document.getElementById("demo");
function getLocation(){
if (navigator.geolocation){
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showPosition,showError);
}
else{
x.innerHTML="Geolocation is not supported by this browser.";
}
}
function showPosition(position){
lat=position.coords.latitude;
lon=position.coords.longitude;
displayLocation(lat,lon);
}
function showError(error){
switch(error.code){
case error.PERMISSION_DENIED:
x.innerHTML="User denied the request for Geolocation."
break;
case error.POSITION_UNAVAILABLE:
x.innerHTML="Location information is unavailable."
break;
case error.TIMEOUT:
x.innerHTML="The request to get user location timed out."
break;
case error.UNKNOWN_ERROR:
x.innerHTML="An unknown error occurred."
break;
}
}
function displayLocation(latitude,longitude){
var geocoder;
geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(latitude, longitude);
geocoder.geocode(
{'latLng': latlng},
function(results, status) {
if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
if (results[0]) {
var add= results[0].formatted_address ;
var value=add.split(",");
count=value.length;
country=value[count-1];
state=value[count-2];
city=value[count-3];
x.innerHTML = "city name is: " + city;
}
else {
x.innerHTML = "address not found";
}
}
else {
x.innerHTML = "Geocoder failed due to: " + status;
}
}
);
}
Example 3: get city name from latitude and longitude in php using geocode api
<p><button onclick="getLocation()">Get My Location</button></p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY"></script>