Python | Reverse Geocoding to get location on a map using geographic coordinates
Reverse geocoding is the process of finding a place or a location address from a given pair of geographic coordinates(latitude and longitude).
Modules needed:
reverse_geocoder: A Python library for offline reverse geocoding. pprint: A module which helps to "pretty-print" any arbitrary python data structure.
Installation:
The modules can be easily installed using pip.
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pip install reverse_geocoder pip install pprint
Examples:
Input : (36.778259, -119.417931)
Output :
Loading formatted geocoded file...
[{'admin1': 'California',
'admin2': 'Fresno County',
'cc': 'US',
'lat': '36.72384',
'lon': '-119.45818',
'name': 'Minkler'}]
Input : (28.644800, 77.216721)
Output :
Loading formatted geocoded file...
[{'admin1': 'NCT',
'admin2': 'New Delhi',
'cc': 'IN',
'lat': '28.63576',
'lon': '77.22445',
'name': 'New Delhi'}]Below is the implementation:
Python3
# Python3 program for reverse geocoding.# importing necessary librariesimport reverse_geocoder as rgimport pprintdef reverseGeocode(coordinates): result = rg.search(coordinates) # result is a list containing ordered dictionary. pprint.pprint(result)# Driver functionif __name__=="__main__": # Coordinates tuple.Can contain more than one pair. coordinates =(28.613939, 77.209023) reverseGeocode(coordinates) |
Output:
Loading formatted geocoded file...
[{'admin1': 'NCT',
'admin2': 'New Delhi',
'cc': 'IN',
'lat': '28.63576',
'lon': '77.22445',
'name': 'New Delhi'}]References:
https://pypi.org/project/reverse_geocoder/
https://www.latlong.net/
