API that converts coordinates into addresses and back

How it works

The Geocoding API converts street addresses or any other human addresses to latitude and longitude coordinates.

For example, you can convert address:

1677 Easton Rd, Willow Grove, PA 19090, USA" into geographic coordinates like 40.1349979,-75.1228148

The Reverse Geocoding API works in reverse: it converts coordinates to human-readable addresses.

For example, you can convert the latitude/longitude value for a location in Brooklyn:

40.714224,-73.961452" to an address
"277 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA

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Main Geocoding API features

Partial address recognition

Automatically parse addresses, intersections, and add missing letters

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Accuracy competes with and even exceeds the accuracy of Google's geocoding

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The Geocoding API request was created specifically to be similar to the Google Geocoding API request format.

This request demonstrates using the JSON output flag:

GET:

https://api.distancematrix.ai/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1600+Amphitheatre+Parkway,+Mountain+View,+CA&key=YOUR_API_KEY

The sample JSON response:

body

{
"results" : [
{
"address_components" : [
{
"long_name" : "1600",
"short_name" : "1600",
"types" : [ "street_number" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Amphitheatre Pkwy",
"short_name" : "Amphitheatre Pkwy",
"types" : [ "route" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Mountain View",
"short_name" : "Mountain View",
"types" : [ "locality", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "Santa Clara County",
"short_name" : "Santa Clara County",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_2", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "California",
"short_name" : "CA",
"types" : [ "administrative_area_level_1", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "United States",
"short_name" : "US",
"types" : [ "country", "political" ]
},
{
"long_name" : "94043",
"short_name" : "94043",
"types" : [ "postal_code" ]
}
],
"formatted_address" : "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : 37.4224764,
"lng" : -122.0842499
},
"location_type" : "ROOFTOP",
"viewport" : {
"northeast" : {
"lat" : 37.4238253802915,
"lng" : -122.0829009197085
},
"southwest" : {
"lat" : 37.4211274197085,
"lng" : -122.0855988802915
}
}
},
"place_id" : "ChIJ2eUgeAK6j4ARbn5u_wAGqWA",
"types" : [ "street_address" ]
}
],
"status" : "OK"
}

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Partial address recognition

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Price

1 — 100,000 elements

$2 per 1,000 elements

100,000 — 300,000 elements

$1,6 per 1,000 elements

300,000 — 500,000 elements

$1,25 per 1,000 elements

more then 500,000 elements

What is an element?

All queries sent to the Geocoding API generate elements, where one element is one process of the address converting to geographical coordinates.

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