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The GEOLOC webservice is totally FREE and allow to find a place or POI and the distance from a GPS coordinate via a REST webservice. Gisgraphy also offers Premium hosted services and consulting.
It uses (free) data from Geonames that are imported into a local database.
You can see an example of use bellow. You can find documentation on how to use the XML API of the webservice and see how to download and install Gisgraphy.
You can use this interface to call the webservice and see the output.
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Paris (US) : 0.282 meters
Latitude : 38.20105629175154;
Longitude : -84.27236650610624
Population : 9,870;
elevation : 257 m
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Longitude : -84.27236650610624
Population : 9,870;
elevation : 257 m
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Brentsville (US) : 4,361.342 meters
Latitude : 38.2378538;
Longitude : -84.28965500000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 265 m
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Longitude : -84.28965500000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 265 m
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Monterey (US) : 4,492.17 meters
Latitude : 38.1725766;
Longitude : -84.308822
Population : 0;
elevation : 267 m
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Longitude : -84.308822
Population : 0;
elevation : 267 m
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Currentsville (US) : 6,929.721 meters
Latitude : 38.2604005;
Longitude : -84.2481405
Population : 0;
elevation : 259 m
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Longitude : -84.2481405
Population : 0;
elevation : 259 m
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Sidville (US) : 8,184.702 meters
Latitude : 38.128132900000004;
Longitude : -84.25965330000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 306 m
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Longitude : -84.25965330000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 306 m
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Ewalt Crossroads (US) : 8,443.119 meters
Latitude : 38.273964500000005;
Longitude : -84.29937790000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 265 m
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Longitude : -84.29937790000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 265 m
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Kiserton (US) : 8,452.769 meters
Latitude : 38.2770201;
Longitude : -84.27604380000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 232 m
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Longitude : -84.27604380000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 232 m
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Jimtown (US) : 9,015.493 meters
Latitude : 38.1889649;
Longitude : -84.37438010000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 297 m
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Longitude : -84.37438010000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 297 m
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Hutchison (US) : 9,156.637 meters
Latitude : 38.1381324;
Longitude : -84.339934
Population : 0;
elevation : 275 m
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Longitude : -84.339934
Population : 0;
elevation : 275 m
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Escondida (US) : 9,184.961 meters
Latitude : 38.126188500000005;
Longitude : -84.2279858
Population : 0;
elevation : 277 m
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Longitude : -84.2279858
Population : 0;
elevation : 277 m
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