Find out if lat/lon coordinates fall inside a US State

Question

Using Python, is there a function, library, or other way to check to see if a certain lat/lon coordinate pair fall within a defined geographical boundary such as a US state?

Example:

Does 32.781065, -96.797117 fall within Texas?

Answer 1

You could use the reverse geocode library, and then check that the "admin1" area is a specific US state.

It converts lat/lon coordinates into dictionaries like:

{
  'name': 'Mountain View', 
  'cc': 'US', 
  'lat': '37.38605',
  'lon': '-122.08385', 
  'admin1': 'California', 
  'admin2': 'Santa Clara County'
}

Answer 2

You can use the geocoder library which you can install using pip install geocoder.

import geocoder

results = geocoder.google('32.781065, -96.797117', reverse = True)

print(results.current_result.state_long)