convert latitude & longitude to formatted address with Google Maps API

lat-lng-to-addr.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
import sys, traceback
import json, urllib2

def latlng_to_addr (lat, lng):
  # convert given latitude & longitude to formatted address with Google Maps API
  # ref: http://techslides.com/convert-latitude-and-longitude-to-a-street-address/
  maps_api_url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=%s,%s&sensor=false' % (lat, lng)
  try:
    resp_json = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(maps_api_url).read())
    fmt_addr = resp_json["results"][0]["formatted_address"]
    return fmt_addr
  except:
    traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stderr)


def main (argv):
  if len(argv) < 3:
    print 'usage: ./%s <lat> <lng>' % argv[0]
    exit(1)

  lat, lng = argv[1], argv[2]
  formatted_address = latlng_to_addr(lat, lng)
  print formatted_address


if __name__ == '__main__':
  main(sys.argv)

lat-lng-to-addr_geopy.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
from geopy import geocoders
import sys, traceback
 
def latlng_to_addr (lat, lng):
  geocoder = geocoders.googlev3.GoogleV3()
  place, point = geocoder.geocode('%s,%s' % (lat, lng))
  return place
 
def main (argv):
  if len(argv) < 3:
    print 'usage: ./%s <lat> <lng>' % argv[0]
    exit(1)
 
  lat, lng = argv[1], argv[2]
  formatted_address = latlng_to_addr(lat, lng)
  print formatted_address
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
  main(sys.argv)