@capgo/nativegeocoder

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Capacitor plugin for native forward and reverse geocoding

Install

npm install @capgo/nativegeocoder
npx cap sync

then import this into your code:

import { NativeGeocoder } from '@capgo/nativegeocoder';

iOS

Apple requires privacy descriptions to be specified in Info.plist for location information:

• NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription (Privacy - Location Always Usage Description)
• NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription (Privacy - Location When In Use Usage Description)

Read about Configuring Info.plist in the iOS Guide for more information on setting iOS permissions in Xcode

Android

This API requires the following permissions be added to your AndroidManifest.xml:

<!-- Geolocation API -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.location.gps" />

API

• reverseGeocode(...)
• forwardGeocode(...)
• Interfaces

reverseGeocode(...)

reverseGeocode(options: reverseOptions) => Promise<{ addresses: Adress[]; }>

Convert latitude and longitude to an address

Param	Type
options	reverseOptions

Returns: Promise<{ addresses: Adress[]; }>

Since: 0.0.1

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forwardGeocode(...)

forwardGeocode(options: ForwardOptions) => Promise<{ addresses: Adress[]; }>

Convert an address to latitude and longitude

Param	Type
options	ForwardOptions

Returns: Promise<{ addresses: Adress[]; }>

Since: 0.0.1

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Interfaces

Adress

Prop	Type
latitude	number
longitude	number
countryCode	string
countryName	string
postalCode	string
administrativeArea	string
subAdministrativeArea	string
locality	string
subLocality	string
thoroughfare	string
subThoroughfare	string
areasOfInterest	string[]

reverseOptions

Prop	Type	Description
latitude	number	latitude is a number representing the latitude of the location.
longitude	number	longitude is a number representing the longitude of the location.
useLocale	boolean	Localise the results to the given locale.
defaultLocale	string	locale is a string in the format of language_country, for example en_US.
maxResults	number	Max number of results to return.
apiKey	string	Only used for web platform to use google api

ForwardOptions

Prop	Type	Description
addressString	string	address is a string of the address to be geocoded.
useLocale	boolean	Localise the results to the given locale.
defaultLocale	string	locale is a string in the format of language_country, for example en_US.
maxResults	number	Max number of results to return.
apiKey	string	Only used for web platform to use google api

Thanks

To @sebastianbaar and his work on cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder what he made was very inspiring