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The geocoder is using google geocoder,
reverse geocoding is provided by geonames using the US Census "Tiger Line" data set.
Click on the map to view reverse geocoded street names.



Reverse Geocoding Webservice

Find nearest Address
Finds the nearest street and address for a given lat/lng pair.

Url : ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?
Parameters : lat,lng;
Restriction : this webservice is only available for the US.
Result : returns the nearest address for the given latitude/longitude, the street number is an 'educated guess' using an interpolation of street number at the end of a street segment.
Example http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddress?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18

This service is also available in JSON format :
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestAddressJSON?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18


Find nearest Intersection
Finds the nearest street and the next crossing street for a given lat/lng pair.

Url : ws.geonames.org/findNearestIntersection?
Parameters : lat,lng;
Restriction : this webservice is only available for the US.
Result : returns the nearest intersection for the given latitude/longitude
Example http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestIntersection?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18

This service is also available in JSON format :
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearestIntersectionJSON?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18


Find nearby Streets
Finds the nearest street for a given lat/lng pair.

Url : ws.geonames.org/findNearbyStreets?
Parameters : lat,lng;
Restriction : this webservice is only available for the US.
Result : returns the nearest street segments for the given latitude/longitude
Example http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyStreets?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18

This service is also available in JSON format :
http://ws.geonames.org/findNearbyStreetsJSON?lat=37.451&lng=-122.18

Returned Elements :
line : line string with lng lat points, points are comma separated
mtfcc : MAF/TIGER Feature Class Code
name : street name
fraddl : from address left
fraddr : from address right
toaddl : to address left
toaddr : to address right
the other elments are selfexplaining.


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