JSON status code 610 - google-maps

Question

I was obtaining the street, city and country details by passing the latitde and longitude values to the following URL: http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q="+la+","+lo;. However, this has suddenly stopped working as I now get a returned status code 610 instead of 200. I googled and I came across the fact that Google has deprecated the older version with version V3 and the recommended use is to update to this version. The new URL will be something like this;
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=25.34041,-55.489864&sensor=false
However, I am completely at lost how to use this? What is the Google API Key? Where should I obtain this from. Earlier I was using the above mentioned URL and imported the following into my project:
import org.json.me.JSONArray;
import org.json.me.JSONObject;
Please help how to proceed with this?

Answer 1

You are requesting a correct URL but your latlong values may be invalid.
I request URL:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=25.34041,-55.489864&sensor=false
Results.
{
"results" : [],
"status" : "ZERO_RESULTS"
}
Requested with differnt latlong but same URL:
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?latlng=51.962146,7.602304&sensor=false"
{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Rishon-Le-Zion-Ring",
"short_name" : "K6",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "North Rhine-Westphalia",
"short_name" : "NRW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Germany",
"short_name" : "DE",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "48149",
"short_name" : "48149",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Rishon-Le-Zion-Ring, 48149 Münster, Germany",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 51.96354080,
"lng" : 7.602404200000001
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.96109890,
"lng" : 7.601790299999998
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 51.96233620,
"lng" : 7.602270099999999
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 51.96366883029150,
"lng" : 7.603446230291501
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.96097086970850,
"lng" : 7.600748269708497
}
}
},
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "48149",
"short_name" : "48149",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_3", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "North Rhine-Westphalia",
"short_name" : "NRW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Germany",
"short_name" : "DE",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "48149 Münster, Germany",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 51.9846220,
"lng" : 7.6245910
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.9381030,
"lng" : 7.57505310
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 51.96236820,
"lng" : 7.595598700000001
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 51.9846220,
"lng" : 7.6245910
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.9381030,
"lng" : 7.57505310
}
}
},
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
},
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "North Rhine-Westphalia",
"short_name" : "NRW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Germany",
"short_name" : "DE",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Münster, Germany",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 52.06001970,
"lng" : 7.774361699999999
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.84015110000001,
"lng" : 7.473832599999999
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 51.96066490,
"lng" : 7.62613470
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 52.06001970,
"lng" : 7.774361699999999
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.84015110000001,
"lng" : 7.473832599999999
}
}
},
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Münster",
"short_name" : "Münster",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "North Rhine-Westphalia",
"short_name" : "NRW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Germany",
"short_name" : "DE",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Münster, Germany",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 52.47498539999999,
"lng" : 8.320101899999999
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.48078280,
"lng" : 6.386867199999999
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 51.94711969999999,
"lng" : 7.584531999999999
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 52.47498539999999,
"lng" : 8.320101899999999
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 51.48078280,
"lng" : 6.386867199999999
}
}
},
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "North Rhine-Westphalia",
"short_name" : "NRW",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Germany",
"short_name" : "DE",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 52.53146959999999,
"lng" : 9.461634900000002
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 50.3227010,
"lng" : 5.86634250
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 51.43323669999999,
"lng" : 7.661593799999999
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 52.53146959999999,
"lng" : 9.461634900000002
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 50.3227010,
"lng" : 5.86634250
}
}
},
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "Germany",
"short_name" : "DE",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "Germany",
"geometry" : {
"bounds" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 55.0583470,
"lng" : 15.04189620
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 47.27011150,
"lng" : 5.86634250
}
},
"location" : {
"lat" : 51.1656910,
"lng" : 10.4515260
},
"location_type" : "APPROXIMATE",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 55.0583470,
"lng" : 15.04189620
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 47.27011150,
"lng" : 5.86634250
}
}
},
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}