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Python module for getting latitude and longitude from the name of a US city

I am looking for a python module which can take in the name of the city as the input and return the latitude and longitude of the input.

Solution

  • Have a look at geopy. In the "getting started" documentation it shows:

    >>> from geopy import geocoders  
>>> gn = geocoders.GeoNames()

>>> print gn.geocode("Cleveland, OH 44106")
(u'Cleveland, OH, US', (41.4994954, -81.6954088))

>>> gn.geocode("Cleveland, OH", exactly_one=False)[0]
(u'Cleveland, OH, US', (41.4994954, -81.6954088))