Geocoding is the process of converting addresses (like “505 Howard St, San Francisco”) into geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude).
Required parameters:
address
- The street address that you want to geocode.Optional parameters:
language
- The two-letter language code in which to return results (ISO 639-1).bounds
- Prefer results in a specified rectangular area(e.g. 37.786283,-122.395201,37.788394,-122.397344). Format: south,west,north,east. Coordinates: decimal degrees.country
- The two-letter bias country code (ccTLD or ISO 3166-1) in which to return results.Reverse geocoding is the process of converting geographic coordinates(latitude/longitude) into a human-readable address (like “505 Howard St, San Francisco”).
Required parameters:
location
- The location for which you wish to obtain the human-readable address (e.g. 37.7879493,-122.3961974).Optional parameters:
language
- The two-letter language code in which to return results (ISO 639-1).A geocoding result contains the following fields: