LondonBike.TripLog.ReverseGeocode C# (CSharp) Method

        private static string ReverseGeocode(double lat, double lon)
        {
            string res = null;

            try {
                if (Reachability.IsHostReachable ("www.google.com")) {
                    WebClient client = new WebClient ();
                    string output = client.DownloadString (string.Format ("http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?latlng={0},{1}&sensor=true", lat, lon));

                    XElement root = XElement.Parse (output);

                    var items = from item in root.Descendants("result")
                                select new
                                {
                                    AddressType = item.Element("type").Value,
                                    FormattedAddress = item.Element("formatted_address").Value
                                };

                    foreach (var item in items) {
                        string[] parts = item.FormattedAddress.Split (',');

                        if (parts.Length >= 2) {
                            res = string.Format ("{0}, {1}", parts [0].Trim (), parts [1].Trim ());
                            return res;
                        } else {
                            res = item.FormattedAddress;
                            return res;
                        }
                    }
                }

                return "Unknown";
            } catch (Exception ex) {
                Util.Log ("Exception in reverse geocode: {0}", ex.Message);
                return "Unknown";
            }

            return "Unknown";
        }