geonames_reverse_geocode

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Resolve a latitude/longitude to the country and admin subdivisions that contain it (down to ADM5, each with its geonameId and ISO 3166-2 code where one exists), or the ocean or sea when the point is offshore, plus the nearest populated places with distances; these include neighborhood sections (PPLX) and historical places (PPLH), marked by featureCode. Set featureClasses or featureCodes to list the nearest features of that type instead (peaks, lakes, airports), cities to keep only places above a population tier, and includeTimezone for the IANA timezone with local time, sunrise, and sunset (offshore points get only GeoNames' UTC-offset estimate). A harbor, pier, or shoreline point can fall just outside every country outline and resolve to the sea; coastalBufferKm (up to 50) matches the nearest country within that distance instead. Costs 1 GeoNames credit for containment, with or without the buffer, plus 3 for nearest populated places or 4 for nearest features (nearbyLimit 0 skips them), 1 for the ocean when no country contains the point or lies within the buffer, and 1 for the timezone.