# Reverse geocoding

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376>\
**Category:** New Feature Requests\
**Created:** [October 24, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376 "2023-10-24T19:53:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Plarson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/plarson/32/797_2.png) [@Plarson](https://speciforum.org/u/Plarson)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376/1 "2023-10-24T19:53:50Z")

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It would be nice if we could upload a record with latitude and longitude and have Specify automatically assign or suggest a country, state, county based on the geocoordinates - I came across [this](https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-to-determine-which-country-coordinates-are-in) service which might be able to do this. It would be useful for offshore records that are difficult to determine if they fall within a political boundary or are in international waters.

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**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376/2 "2023-10-30T20:12:05Z")

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Hi @Plarson,

I’ve opened a feature request for this on GitHub!

> <https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/4165>
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> \> It would be nice if we could upload a record with latitude and longitude and h…ave Specify automatically assign or suggest a country, state, county based on the geocoordinates - I came across \[this 2\](https://opencagedata.com/guides/how-to-determine-which-country-coordinates-are-in) service which might be able to do this. It would be useful for offshore records that are difficult to determine if they fall within a political boundary or are in international waters.
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> \*\*Reported By:\*\* Paul Larson at FWRI (\[Speciforum\](https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376))

Thank you for your request!

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**Author:** ![nfshoobs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/nfshoobs/32/3979_2.png) [@nfshoobs](https://speciforum.org/u/nfshoobs)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376/3 "2023-11-07T22:21:07Z")

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+1 for this request. I have wanted a feature like this in collections software for a long time. The ability to add province and county information would be even more valuable.  
It would make personal collecting much easier as well!  
(e.g. Only needing to personally take a GPS point and a simple locality description in the field, rather than finding all of the political boundaries yourself.)

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**Author:** ![sorosoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@sorosoro](https://speciforum.org/u/sorosoro)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/reverse-geocoding/1376/4 "2023-11-10T13:38:31Z")

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Yes! This would be very useful.