Latitude, Longitude to Geo Location

ll2location.py

# depends on Google's API.
# So, YMMV
import sys
import pycurl
import simplejson as json

class RevCode:
    def __init__(self):
        self.contents = ''

    def body_callback(self, buf):
        self.contents = self.contents + buf

    def get_address(self, latlong):

         c = pycurl.Curl()
         c.setopt(c.URL, 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng='+latlong+'&sensor=false')
         c.setopt(c.WRITEFUNCTION, self.body_callback)
         c.perform()
         c.close()

         addresses = json.loads(self.contents)

         types_map = {
             'street_address': 'location',
             'route': 'location',
             'intersection': 'location',
             'locality': 'location',
             'sublocality': 'location',
             'neighborhood': 'location',
             'premise': 'location',
             'subpremise': 'location',
             'street_number': 'location',
             'administrative_area_level_3': 'city',
             'administrative_area_level_2': 'city',
             'administrative_area_level_1': 'state',
             'country': 'country'
             }
         
         locations = {}

         for address in addresses['results']:
             for ty in types_map.keys():
                 try:
                     if (address['types'].index(ty) >= 0):
                         address_component = repr(address['address_components'][0]['long_name']).replace("'", '')
                         # if (locations[types_map[ty]]):
                         #     locations[types_map[ty]] += address_component
                         # else:
                         locations[types_map[ty]] = address_component
                 
                 except Exception, e:
                     pass


         return locations

if __name__ == "__main__":
    latlong = '12.3456,77.60704'
    r = RevCode()
    print r.get_address(latlong)