Any quick way to get country name given a latitude and longitude

Question

I wish to get the country name given a latitude and longitude But, wish to avoid API call.

I tried reverse_geocoder, which seems to be slow and erroneous for few cases. Example below:

import reverse_geocoder as rg
coordinates = (34.024375,-119)
rg.search(coordinates)

Any way to get country name given lat, lng?

if you don't want to use internet downlaod countries shapefiles & map them accordingly https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3643929/lookup-country-for-gps-coordinates-without-internet-access — Bhargav - Retarded Skills, Dec 08 '22 at 15:45

Gandhi · Answer 1 · 2022-12-08T15:47:57.980

You can use the library GeoPy Documentation link but it requires online interaction:

from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim

geolocator = Nominatim(user_agent="foo_bar")
coordinates = (34.024375, -119)
location = geolocator.reverse(coordinates)
country = location.address.split(',')[-1]

print(country)

Output of this code prints the country name for the given coordinates (lat/long), in this case United States

Version 2:

This code uses reverse_geocoder as you did:

from multiprocessing import freeze_support
import reverse_geocoder as rg

if __name__ == '__main__':
    freeze_support()
    coordinates = (34.024375, -119)
    location = rg.search(coordinates)
    country = location[0]['cc']

    print(country)

This prints the two-letter-code of the country, here US. You need the freeze_support() because otherwise Python wants to start a new process without the current one finished.

You should note in your answer that this requires online interaction, since OP has specifically requested an approach that avoids it — Pranav Hosangadi, Dec 08 '22 at 15:38
@PranavHosangadi added a new solution without internet connection. — Gandhi, Dec 08 '22 at 15:48

Any quick way to get country name given a latitude and longitude

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