Population data gathering - mgp4/aws-hackathon-2015 GitHub Wiki
Google geocoding API
curl -i -X GET "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Praha+2"
{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Prague 2",
"short_name" : "Prague 2",
"types" : [ "sublocality_level_1", "sublocality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Prague",
"short_name" : "Prague",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Hlavní město Praha",
"short_name" : "Hlavní město Praha",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Hlavní město Praha",
"short_name" : "Hlavní město Praha",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Czech Republic",
"short_name" : "CZ",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Prague 2, Czech Republic",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 50.08661009999999,
"lng" : 14.4493208
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 50.0609377,
"lng" : 14.4115195
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 50.0750689,
"lng" : 14.4350772
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 50.08661009999999,
"lng" : 14.4493208
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 50.0609377,
"lng" : 14.4115195
}
}
},
"place_id" : "ChIJlZ3t4ouUC0cRALMVZg-vAAU",
"types" : [ "sublocality_level_1", "sublocality", "political" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}