Features and capabilities:

• Global coverage
• Forward Geocoding
• Reverse Geocoding
• Multi Language

Geocoding (Geocode)

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 (ReverseGeocode)

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).

Response

A geocoding result contains the following fields:

• address
• postal_code
• country
• region
• area
• locality
• neighborhood
• street
• house
• location (latitude/longitude)
• location_type:
  • exact
  • approximate
  • centroid
• type:
  • street_address
  • route
  • road_intersection
  • admin_area
  • country
  • region
  • area
  • locality
  • sublocality
  • neighborhood
  • building
  • postal_code