import urllib.request import json def getplace(lat, lon): lat = str(lat) lon = str(lon) url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?" url += "latlng=%s,%s&sensor=false" % (lat, lon) v = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read() j = json.loads(v) try: components = j['results'][0]['address_components'] except: #print(lat + ' - ' + lon) #print('## Google Shizzle ##') return None else: country = town = street = None for c in components: if "route" in c['types']: street = c['long_name'] if "country" in c['types']: country = c['long_name'] if "locality" in c['types']: town = c['long_name'] return (str(country) + "," + str(town) + "," + str(street)) # print(getplace(47.591737, 2.759478)) # print(getplace(51.2, 0.1)) # print(getplace(51.3, 0.1)) #print(getplace("60°04'52.3N", "14°09'13.7E"))