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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) : 0.299 meters
Latitude : 36.29767610079486;
Longitude : -88.30506467735269
Population : 10,150;
elevation : 157 m
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Longitude : -88.30506467735269
Population : 10,150;
elevation : 157 m
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Chickasaw Heights (US) : 1,439.338 meters
Latitude : 36.310613100000005;
Longitude : -88.3055988
Population : 0;
elevation : 131 m
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Longitude : -88.3055988
Population : 0;
elevation : 131 m
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Meadow Mead (US) : 1,602.217 meters
Latitude : 36.3070018;
Longitude : -88.2914317
Population : 0;
elevation : 125 m
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Longitude : -88.2914317
Population : 0;
elevation : 125 m
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Hancock (US) : 1,650.506 meters
Latitude : 36.2836689;
Longitude : -88.3111549
Population : 0;
elevation : 145 m
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Longitude : -88.3111549
Population : 0;
elevation : 145 m
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Paris (US) : 1,923.216 meters
Latitude : 36.3019461;
Longitude : -88.32585780000001
Population : 9,981;
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Longitude : -88.32585780000001
Population : 9,981;
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Porter Court (US) : 3,281.894 meters
Latitude : 36.322603400000006;
Longitude : -88.32467290000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 152 m
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Longitude : -88.32467290000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 152 m
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India (US) : 5,722.744 meters
Latitude : 36.3325568;
Longitude : -88.25809690000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 130 m
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Longitude : -88.25809690000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 130 m
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Hilltop (US) : 5,934.597 meters
Latitude : 36.340891;
Longitude : -88.3439329
Population : 0;
elevation : 180 m
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Longitude : -88.3439329
Population : 0;
elevation : 180 m
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Woodland Acres (US) : 6,154.604 meters
Latitude : 36.3356124;
Longitude : -88.25504120000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 124 m
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Longitude : -88.25504120000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 124 m
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Sunny Side (US) : 6,753.076 meters
Latitude : 36.3070012;
Longitude : -88.23059640000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 136 m
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Longitude : -88.23059640000001
Population : 0;
elevation : 136 m
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