Convert place to city name

[SteveJG]

@in_the_name_of_god

When the user selects a place, write the name of the place below in a text separate from the map

Not possible with App Inventor. Doing this is reverse geocoding. App Inventor cannot do this except for the location the user is at as determined by the LocationSensor. He/she can get a CurrentAddress
as described here Reverse GEOCODE from custom Lat Long

HOW TO: Parse a LocationSensor's Current Address by SteveJG

HOW TO: Parse a LocationSensor’s Current Address by SteveJG [CurrentAddress] When an app asks the LocationSensor for the CurrentAddress, the LocationSensor retrieves the information Google provides from its database for a location in a csv format if there is any information in its database for the device’s current perceived location. In the USA, the information provided is typically four (or possibly more) comma separated values. For example in the USA: Street Address,City,State plus zip …

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