Can I get current neighbourhood using lat and lon?

I'm new to the API, and am having a hard time going through the API documentation.

I am using browser JavaScript to get the geolocation (latitude and longitude), and would like to display the current neighbourhood/city based on the lat and long data. For example, having the lat and lon of 43.653225, -79.383186 would result in Toronto.

Is there a specific API GET request I can make? (i.e. https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/lat=${lat}&long=${lon}...

Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you.

asked 27 Nov '19, 15:50

SamSverkoCurate
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One Answer:

Have a look http://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Reverse/

Example https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse.php?format=html&lat=43.653225&lon=-79.383186&zoom=14

You can add &format=json, xml, geojson to the URL for 'raw' data.

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answered 27 Nov '19, 16:06

mtmail
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This is perfect! Thank you :)

(27 Nov '19, 16:15) SamSverkoCurate

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Can I get current neighbourhood using lat and lon?

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