# reverse-geocoding

## Description

<mark style="color:purple;">`reverse-geocoding`</mark> *adaptor converts the latitude & longitude in datatable columns to location names.*

The latitude & longitude must be in +/- values, not E/W/N/S and not in degrees/minutes/seconds or degrees/decimal minutes.

## Inputs

**`data`**\
Type: `datatable`\
Required: Yes\
The datatable containing the latitude & longitude columns to be converted.

**`latitude column`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: No\
The name of the column containing latitude values (in decimal degrees). A plus sign (+) preceding the number denotes northern hemisphere, and a minus sign (-) denotes southern hemisphere. If unspecified, defaults to `latitude`.

**`longitude column`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: No\
The name of the column containing longitude values (in decimal degrees). A plus sign (+) denotes east longitude, and a minus sign (-) denotes west longitude. If unspecified, defaults to `longitude`.

**`location type`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: No\
The type of the geographic feature. Valid options are `address`, `position`, `country code`, `country name`, `ISO-3166-1-alpha-2`, `ISO-3166-1-alpha-3`, `ISO-3166-2`, `postcode`, `state name`, `state code`, `county`, `city`, or `continent`. If unspecified, defaults to `country code`.

**`location column`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: Yes\
The name of the column to contain the location type output.

## Outputs

**`data`**\
Type: `datatable`\
An object containing columns and rows.

## Examples

### Example 1: Default behaviour.

#### Inputs:

`data:`

| id | latitude   | longitude  |
| -- | ---------- | ---------- |
| 1  | -13.163068 | -72.545128 |
| 2  | 37.4396    | -122.1864  |
| 3  | 51.50643   | -0.12719   |
| 4  | 51.50108   | -0.12459   |

`latitude column:` latitude

`longitude column:` longitude

`location type:` *null (empty)*

`location column:` address

#### Outputs:

`data`:

| id | latitude   | longitude  | address |
| -- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- |
| 1  | -13.163068 | -72.545128 | PE      |
| 2  | 37.4396    | -122.1864  | US      |
| 3  | 51.50643   | -0.12719   | GB      |
| 4  | 51.50108   | -0.12459   | GB      |

-> Converted the latitude and longitude from the `latitude` and `longitude` columns into the `country code` in the `address` column.


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