Documentation > Public Methods > Method Detail: getGeoFallbackByCoord
This request requires you to submit a latitude and longitude coordinate pair. The API will atttempt to determine if the given location is within a neighborhood. If so, it will return the neighborhood name, the city and the state within which that neighborhood resides. The API will search for valid neighborhoods in this order: Neighborhood, Macro Neighborhood, Sub Neighborhood. If the point does not reside within a neighborhood, the API will attempt to locate the census Place within which the point is located. If the point does not reside within a US Census defined Place, the API will return the MCD within which the point is located.
To see the parameters that are required by a specific dataset when calling this method, please select the dataset from the list below:
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Sample Request XML
Please remember that this is merely a static example of an API request. For a real-world API request, the dataset code would reflect the actual dataset called, and the paramters would then follow from that dataset. To see a list of the required parameters for any given dataset with this method, select the dataset in the drop down list above.
Sample Response XML
Please remember that this is merely sample XML and the returned items shown are in no way representative of real-world data.