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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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FengSheng (CN) : 0 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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西城区 (CN) : 1,319.202 meters
Latitude : 39.91066093592161;
Longitude : 116.35939075003593
Population : 1,179,000;
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Longitude : 116.35939075003593
Population : 1,179,000;
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Jinrongjie (CN) : 1,444.186 meters
Latitude : 39.9122200012207;
Longitude : 116.35614776611328
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.35614776611328
Population : 0;
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ChangQiao (CN) : 1,484.388 meters
Latitude : 39.92987060546875;
Longitude : 116.38018798828125
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.38018798828125
Population : 0;
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北京市 (CN) : 2,214.015 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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DeShengMen Nei (CN) : 2,621.984 meters
Latitude : 39.941261291503906;
Longitude : 116.37928771972656
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.37928771972656
Population : 0;
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