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FindNearly City from GPS coords
I am working on an application in VB and i need to find the nearest city from a GPS coords (lat,long). I search in the Mappoint 2006 help, but don't find any method or else about this.

Can someone help me ?
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Re: FindNearly City from GPS coords
Hi,

You need a database with the geocoordinates of every city and calculate yourself. You can use mappoint to get the database, but I also think there are plenty to find on internet.
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Re: FindNearly City from GPS coords
Ok, thanks for your answer.
Finaly i've created my own reverse geocoder that's seems to work greatfully.
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