Get definite City name in Google maps reverse geocoding

Question

Using the Google Maps Geocoding API, i\'m able to get the formatted address for a particular coordinate. To get the exact city name, I\'m doing the following:

Answer 1

You need to look at the type of the result, not the absolute index in the array of results. Iterate through the results array looking for the entry which has the appropriate type. Looks like that would be:

• locality indicates an incorporated city or town political entity

But data may vary with region.

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Looks like you want the entry with both the 'locality' and the 'political' types:

{
   "long_name" : "Mumbai",
   "short_name" : "Mumbai",
   "types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
}