Is there a way to get a city name from a latitude and longitude point using the google maps api for javascript?
If so could I please see an example?
This is called Reverse Geocoding
Documentation from Google:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#ReverseGeocoding.
Sample Call to Google's geocode Web Service:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=40.714224,-73.961452&sensor=true&key=YOUR_KEY
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