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Hi there,

I was wondering if anyone is able to help me with the following query.

I'm trying to reverse geocode from lat/lng right up to continent level. To get the country code I'm using:

http://api.geonames.org/countryCodeJSON?lat=LAT&lng=LNG&username=demo

Is there anything I can use to do the same for continent (even if it's using the country code)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Chris

If the country granularity is sufficient for you then you can read the country to continent relation from the download file or in xml format from the web service:

File in csv format:
http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/countryInfo.txt

xml web service:
http://api.geonames.org/countryInfo?username=xxx&style=full

json web service:
http://api.geonames.org/countryInfoJSON?username=xxx&style=full

Thank you very much!