top | item 4970806 Ask HN: What are some good tools for converting GPS data into a location name? 3 points| Devlin_Donnelly | 13 years ago | reply I am working on a web-based application and I want to read in GPS coordinates provided by the user's browser and output a specific location such as the name of a city or other locality.Thanks for any tips. 6 comments order hn newest [+] [-] gspyrou|13 years ago|reply Try using Google maps reverse geocoding https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/#... [+] [-] Devlin_Donnelly|13 years ago|reply Thanks for the idea, but apparently google only allows the use this service in conjunction with Google maps, so it won't work for my project.Maybe there are some open source map databases of GPS coordinates mapped to political/municipal localities? load replies (1) [+] [-] got2surf|13 years ago|reply If by chance you're using Ruby on Rails, then http://www.rubygeocoder.com/ is great. [+] [-] belbn|13 years ago|reply http://www.google.com/search?q=GPSDATA
[+] [-] gspyrou|13 years ago|reply Try using Google maps reverse geocoding https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/#... [+] [-] Devlin_Donnelly|13 years ago|reply Thanks for the idea, but apparently google only allows the use this service in conjunction with Google maps, so it won't work for my project.Maybe there are some open source map databases of GPS coordinates mapped to political/municipal localities? load replies (1)
[+] [-] Devlin_Donnelly|13 years ago|reply Thanks for the idea, but apparently google only allows the use this service in conjunction with Google maps, so it won't work for my project.Maybe there are some open source map databases of GPS coordinates mapped to political/municipal localities? load replies (1)
[+] [-] got2surf|13 years ago|reply If by chance you're using Ruby on Rails, then http://www.rubygeocoder.com/ is great.
[+] [-] gspyrou|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Devlin_Donnelly|13 years ago|reply
Maybe there are some open source map databases of GPS coordinates mapped to political/municipal localities?
[+] [-] got2surf|13 years ago|reply
[+] [-] belbn|13 years ago|reply