# Gps captured location displayed as streetname and place in a textfield

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**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gps-captured-location-displayed-as-streetname-and-place-in-a-textfield/3628704 "2025-03-05T12:15:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![yvin.nelomzeogus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@yvin.nelomzeogus](https://community.thunkable.com/u/yvin.nelomzeogus)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gps-captured-location-displayed-as-streetname-and-place-in-a-textfield/3628704/1 "2025-03-05T12:15:28Z")

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How can I display the GPS-captured location as a street name and place in a text field?

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gps-captured-location-displayed-as-streetname-and-place-in-a-textfield/3628704/2 "2025-03-05T15:00:42Z")

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You’ll need to use the Google Places API. Take a look at this: [Geocoding API overview &nbsp;|&nbsp; Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/overview).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gps-captured-location-displayed-as-streetname-and-place-in-a-textfield/3628704/3 "2025-06-03T15:01:34Z")

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