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Google Map API alternative for your GPS Tracking website reverse geocoding

Google Map API for reverse Geo-coding of Address information is not free now. You have some limitations for daily usage. being in GPS tracking world, we will need Reverse Geo-coding for all the vehicles we track. In this Blog i will discuss some alternatives to Google maps for reverse Geo-coding. ESRI REST API: ESRI has a rest api using which you can reverse Geo-coding your Latitude and Longitude into an Address. The REST url returns a Json string with required Address information. For Example i have below information of CharMinar area (an Historical Monument in Hyderbad,India) Country India Latitude 17.361431 Longitude 78.474533 DMS Lat 17° 21' 41.1516'' N DMS Long 78° 28' 28.3188'' E The REST API to get reverse geo coded address http://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer/reverseGeocode?location=78.474533%2C17.361431&langCode=fr&outSR=&forStorage=false&f=pjson The REST response in json as below { "address&