An independent geocoder using Google Maps API v3 that does reverse geocoding and supports access through proxy. Examples: In [1]: from google import Google In [2]: GOOGLE_KEY = None In [3]: ggeocoder = Google(GOOGLE_KEY, output_format='json') In [4]: address_str = "1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC" In [5]: results = ggeocoder.geocode(address_str) In [6]: results[0] Out[6]: u'1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA' In [7]: results[1] Out[7]: (38.8987149, -77.0376555) In [8]: results[2].keys() Out[8]: [u'geometry', u'address_components', u'partial_match', u'formatted_address', u'types'] In [9]: coord = (38.8987149, -77.0376555) In [10]: results = ggeocoder.reverse(coord) In [11]: results[0] Out[11]: u'1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20500, USA' In [12]: results[1] Out[12]: (38.8987149, -77.0376555) In [13]: results[2].keys() Out[13]: [u'geometry', u'address_components', u'formatted_address', u'types']