[ale] OT - Latitude/Longitude Lookup

[ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)]

On 07/05/2013 12:09 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> I have a project were I need to take latitude/longitude data and get 
> the place name. I can do this manually using Google maps by entering 
> the lat/long and getting the city, state location. But for this 
> project I have about 10,000 lat/long I need to look up. City/State/Zip 
> or County/State is ok - I actually need the counties.
>
> I am looking to automate the process using the lat/long data.
It's old but this might be a start.

http://zips.sourceforge.net/

The database is used more to get coordinates from zip codes, but a 
talented programmer could do a pretty quick reverse lookup.

Jim.