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Generate UK postcode from lat,lon search in Google Maps

I'm trying to generate a UK postcode from a latitude and longitude search in Google Maps. For example, a search for 57.350237,-1.977539 in Google Maps returns this:

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I want to be able to extract that postcode - AB41 8.

All I've seen so far are ideas on how to get the lat,lon from the postcode but not the other way around. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Solution

  • You could take a look at Google's Geocoding API, specifically Reverse Geocoding.