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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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北京市 (CN) : 527.743 meters
Latitude : 39.906217000000005;
Longitude : 116.39127570000001
Population : 21,893,095;
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Longitude : 116.39127570000001
Population : 21,893,095;
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东城区 (CN) : 1,215.442 meters
Latitude : 39.91150149731279;
Longitude : 116.41049366811305
Population : 878,000;
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Longitude : 116.41049366811305
Population : 878,000;
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Wangfujing (CN) : 1,218.545 meters
Latitude : 39.9080696105957;
Longitude : 116.4114990234375
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.4114990234375
Population : 0;
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Jingshan (CN) : 2,062.356 meters
Latitude : 39.9252815246582;
Longitude : 116.40411376953125
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.40411376953125
Population : 0;
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FengSheng (CN) : 2,559.688 meters
Latitude : 39.91857147216797;
Longitude : 116.37091827392578
Population : 0;
elevation : 45 m
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Longitude : 116.37091827392578
Population : 0;
elevation : 45 m
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ChangQiao (CN) : 2,880.935 meters
Latitude : 39.92987060546875;
Longitude : 116.38018798828125
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.38018798828125
Population : 0;
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