How to convert Latitude and longitude to Location name

Question

Hi,

How can we get address or location name from latitude and longitude using any API in java? In my applicaiton I have set of latitude and longitude, But I need an API which will return me the location name corresponding to the latitude and longitude.

thanks.

Answer 1

You will need to use a reverse geocoding service. You can read more about the API that google provides:

Google API Reverse Geocoding