Reverse Geocoding
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Page Summary
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This webpage provides a demonstration of reverse geocoding, converting geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) into a human-readable address.
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The provided code samples showcase the implementation of reverse geocoding using the Google Maps JavaScript API, with options in both JavaScript and TypeScript.
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Users can input coordinates, which are then processed to display a marker on a map and an info window containing the corresponding address.
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The sample code can be run locally by cloning the repository, installing dependencies, and starting the application using Node.js and Git.
This example demonstrates reverse geocoding of coordinates to addresses.
Read the documentation.
TypeScript
letmarker:google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement; asyncfunctioninit(){ // Request the needed libraries. const[{InfoWindow},{Geocoder},{AdvancedMarkerElement}]= awaitPromise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary('maps'), google.maps.importLibrary('geocoding'), google.maps.importLibrary('marker'), ]); // Get the gmp-map element. constmapElement=document.querySelector('gmp-map')!; // Get the inner map. constinnerMap=mapElement.innerMap; // Get the latlng input box. constlatLngQuery=document.getElementById('latlng')asHTMLInputElement; // Get the submit button. constsubmitButton=document.getElementById('submit')!; // Set the cursor to crosshair. innerMap.setOptions({ draggableCursor:'crosshair', zoom:13, mapTypeControl:false, }); // Create a marker for re-use. marker=newAdvancedMarkerElement({ map:innerMap, }); marker.anchorTop='40px'; constgeocoder=newGeocoder(); constinfoWindow=newInfoWindow(); // Add a click event listener to the submit button. submitButton.addEventListener('click',()=>{ voidgeocodeLatLng(geocoder,innerMap,infoWindow); }); // Add a click event listener to the map. innerMap.addListener('click',(event:google.maps.MapMouseEvent)=>{ if(event.latLng){ latLngQuery.value=`${event.latLng.lat()}, ${event.latLng.lng()}`; voidgeocodeLatLng(geocoder,innerMap,infoWindow); } }); // Make an initial request upon loading. voidgeocodeLatLng(geocoder,innerMap,infoWindow); } asyncfunctiongeocodeLatLng( geocoder:google.maps.Geocoder, map:google.maps.Map, infoWindow:google.maps.InfoWindow ){ constinput=(document.getElementById('latlng')asHTMLInputElement).value; constlatlngStr=input.split(',',2); constlatlng={ lat:parseFloat(latlngStr[0]), lng:parseFloat(latlngStr[1]), }; try{ const{results}=awaitgeocoder.geocode({location:latlng}); if(results[0]){ marker.position=latlng; map.setCenter(latlng); infoWindow.setContent(results[0].formatted_address); infoWindow.open(map,marker); }else{ window.alert('No results found'); } }catch(e){ window.alert('Geocoder failed due to: '+String(e)); } } voidinit();
JavaScript
letmarker; asyncfunctioninit(){ // Request the needed libraries. const[{InfoWindow},{Geocoder},{AdvancedMarkerElement}]= awaitPromise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary('maps'), google.maps.importLibrary('geocoding'), google.maps.importLibrary('marker'), ]); // Get the gmp-map element. constmapElement=document.querySelector('gmp-map'); // Get the inner map. constinnerMap=mapElement.innerMap; // Get the latlng input box. constlatLngQuery=document.getElementById('latlng'); // Get the submit button. constsubmitButton=document.getElementById('submit'); // Set the cursor to crosshair. innerMap.setOptions({ draggableCursor:'crosshair', zoom:13, mapTypeControl:false, }); // Create a marker for re-use. marker=newAdvancedMarkerElement({ map:innerMap, }); marker.anchorTop='40px'; constgeocoder=newGeocoder(); constinfoWindow=newInfoWindow(); // Add a click event listener to the submit button. submitButton.addEventListener('click',()=>{ voidgeocodeLatLng(geocoder,innerMap,infoWindow); }); // Add a click event listener to the map. innerMap.addListener('click',(event)=>{ if(event.latLng){ latLngQuery.value=`${event.latLng.lat()}, ${event.latLng.lng()}`; voidgeocodeLatLng(geocoder,innerMap,infoWindow); } }); // Make an initial request upon loading. voidgeocodeLatLng(geocoder,innerMap,infoWindow); } asyncfunctiongeocodeLatLng(geocoder,map,infoWindow){ constinput=document.getElementById('latlng').value; constlatlngStr=input.split(',',2); constlatlng={ lat:parseFloat(latlngStr[0]), lng:parseFloat(latlngStr[1]), }; try{ const{results}=awaitgeocoder.geocode({location:latlng}); if(results[0]){ marker.position=latlng; map.setCenter(latlng); infoWindow.setContent(results[0].formatted_address); infoWindow.open(map,marker); }else{ window.alert('No results found'); } }catch(e){ window.alert('Geocoder failed due to: '+String(e)); } } voidinit();
CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */ gmp-map{ height:100%; } /* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body{ height:100%; margin:0; padding:0; font-family:Roboto,sans-serif; } #floating-panel{ background-color:#fff; border-radius:5px; box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.35)0px5px15px; margin:10px; padding:10px; font-family:Roboto,sans-serif; font-size:1rem; } #latlng{ width:100%; font-family:Roboto,sans-serif; font-size:1rem; margin-bottom:4px; } #submit{ font-size:1rem; }
HTML
<html>
<head>
<title>Reverse Geocoding</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
<script>
// prettier-ignore
(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<gmp-map center="0.714224, -73.961452" zoom="8" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
<div id="floating-panel" slot="control-block-start-inline-start">
<p>
Click the map to reverse geocode, or add your own
coordinates.
</p>
<input
id="latlng"
type="text"
value="40.714224, -73.961452" /><br />
<input id="submit" type="button" value="Reverse Geocode" />
</div>
</gmp-map>
</body>
</html>Clone Sample
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
gitclonehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.gitcdsamples/geocoding-reversenpminpmstart