How can I get city name from a latitude and longitude point?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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'