Using Google reverse geocoding in order to find city and province

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We are currently developing an Android app in which we use google map. We need to get the city and province of a given lon-lat. My question is if calling the reverse geocoding service like "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=40.714224,-73.961452&sensor=false" from the app is prohibited or not.

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It is not prohibited, but it's rate limited and subject to usage limitations from google's API.

You should probably estimate your usage and check if you will not go over the free quota provided

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You can definitely use the web API, and it doesn't appear to be tracked. There is also a built in Android Geocoder, but it has an issue where it occasionally returns an IOException for no apparent reason.