api get city location with lat long code example
Example 1: 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 2: 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>