Map Quasar Docs

MapQuasar is a geocoding API that allows users to perform various geographical operations such as geocoding, reverse geocoding, and distance calculation. It provides simple and intuitive endpoints to interact with geographical data.

Endpoints

Geocode Address

Description: Geocodes an address to retrieve its latitude and longitude coordinates.

• Endpoint: /geocode
• Method: GET
• Parameters:
  address (required): The address to geocode.
  Sample Request:

GET https://mapquasar.p.rapidapi.com/geocode?address=Tour Eiffel, Paris

Sample Response:

{
    "latitude": 48.8582,
    "longitude": 2.2945
}

Reverse Geocode

Description: Retrieves the address information from latitude and longitude coordinates.

• Endpoint: /reverse-geocode
• Method: GET
• Parameters:

latitude (required): Latitude coordinate.

longitude (required): Longitude coordinate.

Sample Request:

GET https://mapquasar.p.rapidapi.com/reverse-geocode?latitude=48.8582&longitude=2.2945

Sample Response:

{
    "address": "Tour Eiffel, Champ de Mars, Paris, Île-de-France, 75007, France",
    "city": "Paris",
    "state": "Île-de-France",
    "country": "France",
    ...
}

Calculate Distance

Description: Calculates the distance between two sets of latitude and longitude coordinates.

• Endpoint: /calculate-distance
• Method: GET
• Parameters:

lat1 (required): Latitude coordinate for point 1.

lon1 (required): Longitude coordinate for point 1.

lat2 (required): Latitude coordinate for point 2.

lon2 (required): Longitude coordinate for point 2.

unit (optional): Unit of distance (km/mi/nmi). The default is kilometres.
Sample Request:

GET https://mapquasar.getapikey.net/calculate-distance?lat1=48.8582&lon1=2.2945&lat2=48.8566&lon2=2.3522&unit=km

Sample Response:

{
    "distance": 3.95
}

More information about endpoints can be found here:

https://rapidapi.com/Gramzivi/api/mapquasar