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Geo coding via OSM and Google Maps without APIKey

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:37 pm
by Kurzer
The old post from 2016 wrote:...yesterday I was looking for a solution to geocode some addresses automatically - this means to convert the adresse into the corresponding longitude and latitude coordinates.

I found some service providers in the web, but they all work with APIs and you have to register and/or to create an account to get an API key. Although most of the services are for free (for less than x conversions per day), but I was looking for a solution without registering anywhere and without the use of an API key. A manual conversion (entering the address in google maps and click somewhere in the map) works just as well in google.
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17.04.2019:
I have rewritten the geo coding to Open Streetmap (OSM) now, because there is a defined JSON and XML interface. If the OSM encoding is not successful, Google Maps will be used instead automatically (fallback function).

Alternatively you can use the constants #FORCE_OSM and #FORCE_GOOGLE to force an exclusive geo coding with one of the services. With #FORCE_NOTHING (or by omitting the constant) the module first try to geo code via OSM and, if that doesn't work, it try to geo code via Google Maps.

The module offers one following public function:

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AddressToGeo(sAddress.s, *stOutGeolocation.geolocation, iForceService.i)
; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
; |Description : Encodes an address in longitude and latitude using Open Streetmap (OSM) or Google Maps
; |Arguments   : sAddress : The address to be coded as free text (e.g. "Hauptstraße 5, 10827 Berlin")
; |            : *stOutGeolocation: Structure of type geolocation, which contains the coordinates and those of OSM or
; |              Google Maps gets corrected address
; |            : iForceService : Using the constants #FORCE_OSM and #FORCE_GOOGLE the exclusive
; |              coding can be forced via Open Streetmap or Google Maps. If the
; |              parameter is omitted or #FORCE_NOTHING is specified, then the module first
; |              try to encode via OSM and in case of trouble via Google Maps.
; |    Results : 1, if the query was successful, 0 if there were errors
; |    Remarks : The returned address is the address corrected by OSM resp. Google.
; |              Please note that the structure of the address is different for both!; 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
A procedure call looks like this:

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  UseModule AddressToGeo
  Declare stGeoLoc.geolocation
  
  InitNetwork()
  
  If AddressToGeo("505 Foothill Blvd, Claremont, CA 91711, USA", stGeoLoc, #FORCE_NOTHING)
    Debug stGeoLoc\sAddress + ": " + stGeoLoc\sLatitude + ", " + stGeoLoc\sLongitude
  Else
    Debug "Geocoding failed!"
  EndIf
  UnuseModule AddressToGeo

A possible return looks like this:
505, Foothill Boulevard, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, 91711, USA: 34.1070653667257, -117.722740216992

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Changelog:
;* 1.01 - add 17.04.2019: The primary coding is now done via the JSON 
;*                        interface of open Streetmap. Only if this encoding
;*                        fails there is a fallback to Google Maps.
The Sourcecode:

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;*************************************************************************
;* AddressToGeo
;*************************************************************************
;*
;* Modulname         : AddressToGeo
;* Filename          : mod_AddressToGeo.pbi
;* Filetype          : Module [MainApp, Formular, Include, Module, Data]
;* Programming lang. : Purebasic 5.62+
;* String-Format     : Unicode [Ascii, Unicode, All]
;* Platform          : All [Windows, Mac, Linux, All]
;* Processor         : All [x86, x64, All]
;* Compileroptions   : -
;* Version           : 1.01
;* Date              : 17.04.2019
;* Autor             : Kurzer
;* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;* Description:
;*
;* Get the geographic coordinates from an addresse
;* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;* Changelog:
;* 1.01 - add 17.04.2019: The primary coding is now done via the JSON 
;*                        interface of open Streetmap. Only if this encoding
;*                        fails there is a fallback to Google Maps.
;* 1.00 - rel 15.04.2019: First release
;* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
;* English-Forum     : https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=66616
;* French-Forum      :
;* German-Forum      : https://www.purebasic.fr/german/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=29821
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DeclareModule AddressToGeo
	;- --- [Module declaration / public elements] ------------------------------------------
	;-
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Compiler directives
	;*************************************************************************
	EnableExplicit
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Constants
	;*************************************************************************
	#FORCE_NOTHING								= 0
	#FORCE_GOOGLE									= 1
	#FORCE_OSM										= 2
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Structures
	;*************************************************************************
	Structure geolocation
		sLatitude.s
		sLongitude.s
		sAddress.s
	EndStructure
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Public Procedures (dec)
	;*************************************************************************
	Declare.i AddressToGeo(sAddress.s, *stOutGeolocation.geolocation, iForceService.i = 0)
	
EndDeclareModule

Module AddressToGeo
	;-
	;- --- [Module implementation / private elements] -----------------------------------------
	;-
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Constants
	;*************************************************************************
	#OSM_URL											= "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=#ADR#&format=json"
	#GOOGLE_URL										= "https://www.google.de/maps/place/#ADR#"
	#GOOGLE_ADR_STARTDELIMITER 		= ~"\\\"https://www.google.de/maps/preview/place/"
	#GOOGLE_ADR_ENDDELIMITER 			= "/@"
	#GOOGLE_GEO_STARTDELIMITER		= ~"\",null,[null,null,"
	#GOOGLE_GEO_ENDDELIMITER			= "]"
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Private Procedures (imp)
	;*************************************************************************
	Procedure.s GetStringPart(sString.s, sStartDelimiter.s, sEndDelimiter.s, iPartLength=0)
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		; |Description  : Extrahiert aus einem String ein Teilstück, welches durch sStartDelimiter und sEndDelimiter eingeschlossen ist
		; |Arguments    : sString        : String aus dem der Teilstring extrahiert werden soll
		; |             : sStartDelimiter: Linker Begrenzungsstring
		; |             : sEndDelimiter  : Rechter Begrenzungsstring
		; |             : iPartLength    : Wenn > 0, dann wird sEndDelimiter ignoriert und ein Teilstring mit der Länge iPartLength zurückgegeben
		; |Results      : Ermittelter Teilstring bzw. "", wenn sStartDelimiter nicht vorhanden ist oder Fehler auftraten
		; |Remarks      : Kommen die Delimiter mehrfach vor, dann wird nur das erste Auftreten gefunden!
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		Protected.i iPos1, iPos2
		
		iPos1 = FindString(sString, sStartDelimiter) + Len(sStartDelimiter)
		If iPos1 > 0
			If iPartLength = 0
				iPos2 = FindString(sString, sEndDelimiter, iPos1)
			Else
				iPos2 = iPos1 + iPartLength
			EndIf
			If iPos2 > iPos1
				ProcedureReturn Mid(sString, iPos1, iPos2 - iPos1)
			Else
				ProcedureReturn ""
			EndIf
		Else
			ProcedureReturn ""
		EndIf
	EndProcedure
	Procedure.s AskOSM(sAddress.s)
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		; |Description  : Versucht per Open Streetmap die Längen- und Breitengrade zu sAddress zu ermitteln
		; |Arguments    : sAddress: Adresse als Freitext (z.B. "Hauptstraße 5, 10827 Berlin"
		; |Results      : "", wenn die Abfrage nicht möglich war oder Fehler aufgetreten sind,
		; |               andernfalls ein String nach folgendem Format Latitude#Longitude#Adresse
		; |Remarks      : Die zurückgegebene Adresse ist die von Open Streetmap korrigierte Adresse
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		Protected.i *Buffer
		Protected.s sURL, sResponse
		
		; Geokodierungsanfrage an Open Streetmap senden
		sURL = ReplaceString(#OSM_URL, "#ADR#", URLEncoder(sAddress, #PB_UTF8))
		*Buffer = ReceiveHTTPMemory(sURL)
		
		If *Buffer
			sResponse = PeekS(*Buffer, MemorySize(*Buffer), #PB_UTF8|#PB_ByteLength)
			FreeMemory(*Buffer)
			
			; JSON Daten extrahieren
			If ParseJSON(0, sResponse)
				If JSONArraySize(JSONValue(0)) > 0
					sResponse = GetJSONString(GetJSONMember(GetJSONElement(JSONValue(0), 0), "lat")) + "#"
					sResponse + GetJSONString(GetJSONMember(GetJSONElement(JSONValue(0), 0), "lon")) + "#"
					sResponse + GetJSONString(GetJSONMember(GetJSONElement(JSONValue(0), 0), "display_name"))
					FreeJSON(0)
					ProcedureReturn sResponse
				EndIf
				FreeJSON(0)
			EndIf
		EndIf
		
		ProcedureReturn ""
	EndProcedure
	Procedure.s AskGoogle(sAddress.s)
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		; |Description  : Versucht per Google Maps die Längen- und Breitengrade zu sAddress zu ermitteln
		; |Arguments    : sAddress: Adresse als Freitext (z.B. "Hauptstraße 5, 10827 Berlin"
		; |Results      : "", wenn die Abfrage nicht möglich war oder Fehler aufgetreten sind,
		; |               andernfalls ein String nach folgendem Format Latitude#Longitude#Adresse
		; |Remarks      : Die zurückgegebene Adresse ist die von Google korrigierte Adresse
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		Protected.i *Buffer
		Protected.s sURL, sResponse, sGoogleAddress
		
		; Geokodierungsanfrage an Google senden
		sURL = ReplaceString(#GOOGLE_URL, "#ADR#", URLEncoder(sAddress, #PB_UTF8))
		*Buffer = ReceiveHTTPMemory(sURL)
		
		If *Buffer
			sResponse = PeekS(*Buffer, MemorySize(*Buffer), #PB_UTF8|#PB_ByteLength)
			FreeMemory(*Buffer)
			If FindString(sResponse, #GOOGLE_ADR_STARTDELIMITER)
				sGoogleAddress = URLDecoder(GetStringPart(sResponse, #GOOGLE_ADR_STARTDELIMITER, #GOOGLE_ADR_ENDDELIMITER))
				If sGoogleAddress <> ""
					sResponse = GetStringPart(sResponse, sAddress + #GOOGLE_GEO_STARTDELIMITER, #GOOGLE_GEO_ENDDELIMITER)
					ProcedureReturn ReplaceString(sResponse, ",", "#") + "#" + sGoogleAddress
				EndIf
			EndIf	
		EndIf
		
		ProcedureReturn ""
	EndProcedure
	
	;*************************************************************************
	;- Public Procedures (imp)
	;*************************************************************************
	Procedure.i AddressToGeo(sAddress.s, *stOutGeolocation.geolocation, iForceService.i = 0)
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		; |Description  : Kodiert mittels Open Streetmap (OSM) bzw. Google Maps eine Adresse in Längen- und Breitengrad
		; |Arguments    : sAddress         : Die zu kodierende Adresse als Freitext (z.B. "Hauptstraße 5, 10827 Berlin")
		; |             : *stOutGeolocation: Struktur vom Typ geolocation, welche die Koordinaten und die von OSM bzw.
		; |                                  Google Maps korrigierte Adresse erhält
		; |             : iForceService    : Über die Konstanten #FORCE_OSM und #FORCE_GOOGLE kann die ausschließliche
		; |                                  Kodierung über Open Streetmap bzw. Google Maps erzwungen werden. Wird der
		; |                                  Parameter weggelassen oder #FORCE_NOTHING angegeben, dann wird zuerst
		; |                                  versucht über OSM zu kodieren und im Fehelrfall dann über Google Maps.
		; |Results      : 1, wenn die Abfrage erfolgreich war, 0 bei Fehlern
		; |Remarks      : Die zurückgegebene Adresse ist die von OSM bzw. Google korrigierte Adresse
		; |               Bitte beachten, dass der Aufbau der Adresse bei beiden unterschiedlich ist!
		; +-----------------------------------------------------------------
		Protected.s sLat, sLng, sGeoString
		
		Select iForceService
			Case #FORCE_OSM
				; Geokodierungsanfrage nur an Open Streetmap senden
				sGeoString = AskOSM(sAddress.s)
			Case #FORCE_GOOGLE
				; Geokodierungsanfrage nur an Google Maps senden
				sGeoString = AskGoogle(sAddress.s)
			Default
				; Geokodierungsanfrage an Open Streetmap bzw. bei Fehlern an Google Maps senden
				sGeoString = AskOSM(sAddress.s)
				If sGeoString = ""
					sGeoString = AskGoogle(sAddress.s)
				EndIf
		EndSelect
		
		If sGeoString <> ""
			sLat = StringField(sGeoString, 1, "#")
			sLng = StringField(sGeoString, 2, "#")
			sAddress = StringField(sGeoString, 3, "#")
			
			If sLat <> "0.0" And sLng <> "0.0"
				*stOutGeolocation\sLatitude = sLat
				*stOutGeolocation\sLongitude = sLng
				*stOutGeolocation\sAddress = sAddress
				ProcedureReturn 1
			EndIf
		EndIf
		
		ProcedureReturn 0
	EndProcedure
EndModule

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;- Main
CompilerIf #PB_Compiler_IsMainFile
	EnableExplicit
	
	Procedure Main()
		UseModule AddressToGeo
		Protected stGeoLoc.geolocation
		Protected sAddress.s, iForceService
		
		InitNetwork()
		
		iForceService = #FORCE_NOTHING
		;iForceService = #FORCE_GOOGLE
		;iForceService = #FORCE_OSM
		sAddress = "Hauptstrasse 4, 10827 Berlin Deutschland"
		;sAddress = "505 W Foothill Blvd, Claremont, CA 91711, USA"
		If AddressToGeo(sAddress, stGeoLoc, iForceService)
			Debug stGeoLoc\sAddress + ": " + stGeoLoc\sLatitude + ", " + stGeoLoc\sLongitude
		Else
			Debug "Geocoding failed!"
		EndIf
		
		UnuseModule AddressToGeo
	EndProcedure
	
	Main()
CompilerEndIf

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:08 pm
by Mijikai
u dont need an api key ;)

try this:

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InitNetwork()
OpenConsole("Google Geolocation API-Example")
!@@:
  PrintN(PeekS(ReceiveHTTPMemory("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address="+ReplaceString(Input(), " ", "+")),#PB_Any, #PB_UTF8))
!jmp @b

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:14 am
by Kurzer
Mijikai,

yes my attempt also does not need an api key, but with your hint I get the data now in well defined XML format (instead of reverse engineer the cacheResponse-string;) ). Thanks for this information! Image

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:25 am
by Mijikai
Np :)
btw. u can also request a json just change 'xml?' to 'json?'

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:56 am
by Kurzer
Yes, thanks, but XML is easier to handle with in my case.

This version works in XML mode - so the extracted data is reliable. The extracting does not need the XML lib of PureBasic.

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EnableExplicit

InitNetwork()

Global.i *Buffer
Global.s sTemp, sAdresse, sBreitengrad, sLaengengrad, sKorrAdresse

#URL = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address="

;sAdresse = "Autohaus, Radegaster Strasse 50a, 06369 Görzig"
;sAdresse = "Schopperstr. 83, 07937 Zeulenroda"
sAdresse = "556 Main Street New York"

Procedure.s GetXMLElement(sString.s, sElementname.s)
	Protected.i iPos1, iPos2
	
	iPos1 = FindString(sString, "<" + sElementname + ">") + Len(sElementname) + 2
	iPos2 = FindString(sString, "</" + sElementname + ">")
	If iPos2 > iPos1
		ProcedureReturn Mid(sString, iPos1, iPos2 - iPos1)
	EndIf
	ProcedureReturn ""
EndProcedure	

; Anfrage an Google senden. Die Adresse ist in die URL eingebunden, Umlaute müssen nicht umgewandelt werden
; Google korrigiert ggf. fehlerhaft geschriebene Straßennamen, Orte und PLZ und gibt diese zusammen mit der Geo-Koordinate zurück.
*Buffer = ReceiveHTTPMemory(#URL+URLEncoder(sAdresse, #PB_UTF8))
If *Buffer
	sTemp = PeekS(*Buffer, MemorySize(*Buffer), #PB_UTF8)
	FreeMemory(*Buffer)
	
	If GetXMLElement(sTemp, "status") = "OK"
		sKorrAdresse = GetXMLElement(sTemp, "formatted_address")
		sLaengengrad = GetXMLElement(sTemp, "lat")
		sBreitengrad = GetXMLElement(sTemp, "lng")
	Else
		Debug "Fehler"
	EndIf

Else
	Debug "Fehler"
EndIf

Debug sTemp
Debug "Korrigierte Adresse: " + sKorrAdresse
Debug "Breitengrad:         " + sBreitengrad
Debug "Längengrad:          " + sLaengengrad

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 1:25 am
by Mijikai
Looks good :D

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 5:01 am
by JHPJHP
Hi kurzer,

That was a nice find. I've quoted it in my recent post Geolocation via WebGadget; should be very userful.

Thank you.

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 12:48 pm
by Kurzer
Thanks for the praise, JHPJHP, but this part was contributed by Mijikai:

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InitNetwork()
OpenConsole("Google Geolocation API-Example")
!@@:
  PrintN(PeekS(ReceiveHTTPMemory("http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address="+ReplaceString(Input(), " ", "+")),#PB_Any, #PB_UTF8))
!jmp @b
Especially the information about the Google URL to get a XML formated result. ;)

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 7:00 pm
by JHPJHP
Hi kurzer

Thank you for the correction (nice find Mijikai), I've update the comments in Geolocation via WebGadget; still a good direction using ReceiveHTTPMemory.

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:02 pm
by Mijikai
:)

Had some fun figuring out on how to get -> Location 2 MapImage :>
Mby this is useful to someone.

How we can do that:

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;Position = "0.00,0.00" {Latitude + "," + Longitude}
;Labels, Markers & Imagesize can be edited!
"http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?label:G|" + Position + "&markers=color:red|color:red|" + Position + "&size=600x300&sensor=false"

Image

How the source looks like (WebX is my web lib)

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Structure GOOGLE_MAPS_LOCATION
  Request.s
  Address.s
  Latitude.s
  Longitude.s
  MapImage.i
  MapSize.i
EndStructure

Procedure.i RequestCoordinates(*Task.GOOGLE_MAPS_LOCATION)
  Protected *Buffer.String
  Protected *Extract.String
  Protected Image.i
  Protected Position.s
  WebAgent("Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64)",#False)
  With *Task
    \Request = ReplaceString(\Request," ","+")
    *Buffer = WebGrab(0,"http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?sensor=false&address=" + \Request,#False)
    If WebLocate(*Buffer\s,"<status>OK</status>",0,0,#False) And WED_Locate(*Buffer\s,"<type>point_of_interest</type>",0,0,#False)
      *Extract = WebExtract(1,*Buffer\s,"<formatted_address>", "</",0,0,0,0,#False):\Address = *Extract\s
      *Extract = WebExtract(1,*Buffer\s,"<lat>", "</",0,0,0,0,#False):\Latitude = *Extract\s
      *Extract = WebExtract(1,*Buffer\s,"<lng>", "</",0,0,0,0,#False):\Longitude = *Extract\s
      If *Extract\s
        Position = \Latitude + "," + \Longitude
        \MapSize = WebCatch("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?label:G|" + Position + "&markers=color:red|color:red|" + Position + "&size=600x300&sensor=false")      
        If \MapSize > 0
          \MapImage = WebMemory()
          ProcedureReturn #True
        EndIf 
      EndIf
      WebClear()
    EndIf
  EndWith
EndProcedure

Procedure TestWindow();Testcode!
  UsePNGImageDecoder() 
  Protected Event.i
  If OpenWindow(0,0,0,620,400,"GeoLocation Example :)",#PB_Window_ScreenCentered|#PB_Window_MinimizeGadget)
    ImageGadget(1,10,10,100,300,0)
    TextGadget(2,10,320,300,20,"fjf")
    TextGadget(3,10,340,300,20,"fjgf")
    TextGadget(4,10,360,300,20,"fgjfg")
    GetPOS.GOOGLE_MAPS_LOCATION
    GetPOS\Request = "Berlin Alexanderplatz"
    If RequestCoordinates(@GetPOS) = #True
      CatchImage(42,GetPos\MapImage,GetPos\MapSize)
      SetGadgetState(1,ImageID(42))
      WebClear()
      SetGadgetText(2,GetPos\Address)
      SetGadgetText(3,GetPos\Latitude)
      SetGadgetText(4,GetPos\Longitude)
    EndIf
    Repeat
      Event = WaitWindowEvent()
    Until EventWindow() = 0 And Event =#PB_Event_CloseWindow
  EndIf
EndProcedure

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:48 pm
by Kurzer
Mijikai, do you have more informations about this webx lib? Looks interesting.

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 3:13 pm
by Mijikai
kurzer wrote:Mijikai, do you have more informations about this webx lib? Looks interesting.
Its basically a wrapper for wininet - it has only a few functions for extracting & downloading online content.
I mainly use it to download videos from various portals.

Re: Google geocoding without APIKey

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:30 pm
by Kurzer
Edit 15.04.2019: Since Google has completely switched off the API-Key free version of their geocoding, I have no possibility to query the values via a XML REST-API.
So I decided again to manually parse a Google Maps HTTPRequest. I updated the code in the first post so the geocoding works again without using a Google API key. Of course only as long as Google changes their html page structure, then the source has to be adjusted again for the extraction of the coordinates. Meanwhile I designed the example as a module for a better reusability.

Greetings Kurzer

Re: Geo coding via OSM and Google Maps without APIKey

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 6:40 pm
by Kurzer
17.04.2019:
I have rewritten the geocoding to Open Streetmap (OSM) now, because there is a defined JSON and XML interface. If the OSM encoding is not successful, Google Maps will be used instead automatically (fallback function).

All further information can be found in the first post.

Re: Geo coding via OSM and Google Maps without APIKey

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:40 pm
by JHPJHP
Hi kurzer,
kurzer wrote:Since Google has completely switched off the API-Key free version of their geocoding, I have no possibility to query the values via a XML REST-API.
This is not completely true...

I am using the Google Maps API in Geolocation: Google Maps without a problem.

While an API key is required, it comes with $200 in free credit per month; see the following: Google Cloud.

To test this I recently removed my billing account from the Google project assigned with the Google Maps API key. When the program was executed it reported that the query limit had been reached.

I then created a new billing account assign to the above mentioned Google project. When the program was executed it worked without error.

NB*: When setting up the billing account it states that no charges will be applied if the credit limit is reached until manually authorized.