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REST Interface Description for Coolgeo.org.

Coolgeo.org offers an easy REST API to to query geo and station data

Location details by latitude and longitude

Show details by latitude and longitude is about to return data such as the nearest city, airport, localtime and others.

Sample: http://rest.coolgeo.org/xml.cgi?show=geo&latitude=+37.78848&longitude=-122.3750

Return example for latitude=+37.7884, longitude=-122.3750

<Status>
 <Response>
  <TZ 
   Code="America/Los_Angeles" 
   Offset="-28800" OffsetRnd="-8" 
   CurrentEpoch="0000000000" 
   CurrentEpochGMT="0000000000" 
   CurrentDate="DDD MMM DD HH:MM:SS YYYY" 
   CurrentDateGMT="DDD MMM DD HH:MM:SS YYYY" 
   ShortName="PST" 
   isDST="0"
  />
  <NearestStation 
   Code="SFO" 
   Type="C" 
   Name="San Francisco" 
   City="San Francisco" 
   Distance="2" 
   CountryCode="US" 
   CountryName="UNITED STATES"
  />
  <NearestAirport 
   Code="OAK" 
   Type="A" 
   Name="Metro Oakland Intl Arpt" 
   City="Oakland" 
   Distance="16" 
   CountryCode="US" 
   CountryName="UNITED STATES"
  />
 </Response>
</Status>