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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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ChangQiao (CN) : 0 meters
Latitude : 39.92987060546875;
Longitude : 116.38018798828125
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.38018798828125
Population : 0;
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DeShengMen Nei (CN) : 1,268.912 meters
Latitude : 39.941261291503906;
Longitude : 116.37928771972656
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.37928771972656
Population : 0;
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ShiChaHai (CN) : 1,282.242 meters
Latitude : 39.9381103515625;
Longitude : 116.39070892333984
Population : 0;
elevation : 40 m
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Longitude : 116.39070892333984
Population : 0;
elevation : 40 m
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FengSheng (CN) : 1,484.388 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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Jingshan (CN) : 2,103.015 meters
Latitude : 39.9252815246582;
Longitude : 116.40411376953125
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.40411376953125
Population : 0;
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Xizhimen (CN) : 2,416.394 meters
Latitude : 39.94047927856445;
Longitude : 116.35545349121094
Population : 0;
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Longitude : 116.35545349121094
Population : 0;
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西城区 (CN) : 2,776.361 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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