Getting complete information from latitude and longitude values

In this recipe, you will learn how to find out the complete details of a location whose longitude and latitude values you know. This process of converting a point location, that is, latitude and longitude values, into a readable address (the place name, city, country name, and so on) is known as reverse geocoding.

The application will prompt you to enter longitude and latitude values, and then it will display the matching location name, city, country, and postal code for that location.

How to do it…

Let's create an application based on the Dialog without Buttons template by performing the following steps:

1. Add seven QLabel, two QLineEdit, and a QPushButton widget to the form by dragging and dropping seven Label, two Line Edit, and a Push Button widget onto the form.
2. Set the text property of the first Label widget to Find out the Location, City, Country and Postal Code, that of the second Label widget to Enter Longitude, and that of...