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

you can do it with pure php and google geocode api

/*
 *
 * @param latlong (String) is Latitude and Longitude with , as separator for example "21.3724002,39.8016229"
 **/
function getCityNameByLatitudeLongitude($latlong)
{
    $APIKEY = "AIzaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"; // Replace this with your google maps api key 
    $googleMapsUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=" . $latlong . "&language=ar&key=" . $APIKEY;
    $response = file_get_contents($googleMapsUrl);
    $response = json_decode($response, true);
    $results = $response["results"];
    $addressComponents = $results[0]["address_components"];
    $cityName = "";
    foreach ($addressComponents as $component) {
        // echo $component;
        $types = $component["types"];
        if (in_array("locality", $types) && in_array("political", $types)) {
            $cityName = $component["long_name"];
        }
    }
    if ($cityName == "") {
        echo "Failed to get CityName";
    } else {
        echo $cityName;
    }
}