Geocoding is the process of converting addresses into geographic coordinates like latitude and longitude, which can be used to mark position on map.
To use the Google Maps Geocoding API, one must need an API key, which can be get form here.
Modules needed :
Below is the implementation :
Python3
# Python program to calculate geographic# coordinates of places using google# geocoding API# importing required modulesimport requests, json# enter your api key hereapi_key = 'Your_api_key'# url variable store url# take place as inputplace = input()# get method of requests module# return response objectres_ob = requests.get(url + 'address =' + place + '&key =' + api_key)# json method of response object# convert json format data # into python format data.x = res_ob.json()# print the value of xprint(x) |
Output :
Dehradun
{'results': [{'address_components': [{'long_name': 'Dehradun', 'short_name': 'Dehradun', 'types': ['locality', 'political']}, {'long_name': 'Dehradun', 'short_name': 'Dehradun', 'types': ['administrative_area_level_2', 'political']}, {'long_name': 'Uttarakhand', 'short_name': 'UK', 'types': ['administrative_area_level_1', 'political']}, {'long_name': 'India', 'short_name': 'IN', 'types': ['country', 'political']}], 'formatted_address': 'Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India', 'geometry': {'bounds': {'northeast': {'lat': 30.4041936, 'lng': 78.1089305}, 'southwest': {'lat': 30.2466633, 'lng': 77.92533879999999}}, 'location': {'lat': 30.3164945, 'lng': 78.03219179999999}, 'location_type': 'APPROXIMATE', 'viewport': {'northeast': {'lat': 30.4041936, 'lng': 78.1089305}, 'southwest': {'lat': 30.2466633, 'lng': 77.92533879999999}}}, 'place_id': 'ChIJr4jIVsMpCTkRmYdRMsBiNUw', 'types': ['locality', 'political']}], 'status': 'OK'}
