title: free api for place names area names etc
body: <p>I do not think there is something like this but I give it a go anyway.</p>
  
  <p>Let us say I have a square defined by two points (latitude, longitude combination). Is there a (free) API (gazetteer?) which returns the country/countries in which  the square is located and possibly place names, cities, admin area names within the square?</p>
  
  <p>Another useful API would be one which returns the same information as above given a point (latitude, longitude) and a (predefined) radius. </p>
  
  <p>I would prefer the first solution though.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>Christian</p>