You might try looking at geonames.org. You can access their data via a REST (or is it SOAP) interface and also download their entire database to construct your own customized versions. With their data you can retrieve cities and countries by centroid, which may satisfy your requirements.
The Google Maps API doesn't provide any such service at this time. -John Coryat http://maps.huge.info http://www.usnaviguide.com http://www.zipmap.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
