Offline Reverse Geocoding in Python

Question

I am writing a Python script that passes a latitude and longitude to a module and performs a reverse geocode function to return the address of the location. I have been usi

Answer 1

Have you considered using OpenStreetMap? You can download the whole database (the "planet") or one of the extracts if you just need a specific area. Afterwards you can filter out all addresses and use the resulting data for your geocoding. There are several search engines for OSM available, the most popular one is Nominatim. It is used on the main website and can do both geocoding and reverse-geocoding. So it might be a good starting point for your task.