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  2. Reverse geocoding - Wikipedia

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    Google has also published a reverse geocoding API which can be adapted for online reverse geocoding tools, which uses the same street reference layer as Google maps. [2] The other popular reverse geocoding services utilise various search engines [3] based on OpenStreetMap data.

  3. Address geocoding - Wikipedia

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    Address geocoding, or simply geocoding, is the process of taking a text-based description of a location, such as an address or the name of a place, and returning geographic coordinates, frequently latitude/longitude pair, to identify a location on the Earth's surface. [1] Reverse geocoding, on the other hand, converts geographic coordinates to a description of a location, usually the name of a ...

  4. Wikipedia:Obtaining geographic coordinates - Wikipedia

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    The reverse is possible by entering the lat and long into the search bar, with a space between them. Copying the coordinates from the URL can be made easier with a Javascript-supporting browser, by adding any of the following bookmarklets (create a new bookmark with this code as the URL): There is a wiki-coords bookmarklet, maintained in GitHub.

  5. Google APIs - Wikipedia

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    The Google Loader is a JavaScript library which allows web developers to easily load other JavaScript API provided by Google and other developers of popular libraries.

  6. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    Open Location Code The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based on a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as Plus Codes.

  7. Geotagging - Wikipedia

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    The related term geocoding refers to the process of taking non-coordinate-based geographical identifiers, such as a street address, and finding associated geographic coordinates (or vice versa for reverse geocoding). Such techniques can be used together with geotagging to provide alternative search techniques. [citation needed]

  8. W3C Geolocation API - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3C_Geolocation_API

    The Geolocation API is ideally suited to web applications for mobile devices such as smartphones. On desktop computers, the W3C Geolocation API works in Firefox since version 3.5, Google Chrome, [6] Opera 10.6, [7] Internet Explorer 9.0, [8] and Safari 5. On mobile devices, it works on Android (firmware 2.0+), iOS, Windows Phone and Maemo.

  9. Internet geolocation - Wikipedia

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    In computing, Internet geolocation is software capable of deducing the geographic position of a device connected to the Internet. For example, the device's IP address can be used to determine the country, city, or ZIP code, determining its geographical location. Other methods include examination of Wi-Fi hotspots.