Offers an unified API for multiple geocoders like Addok, OpenCageData, Here, Google based on countries distribution. Build in Ruby with a Grape REST swagger API compatible with geocodejson-spec.
You need to install prerequisite packages :
apt-get install -y git build-essential zlib1g-dev gdal-bin zlib1g libsqlite3-mod-spatialite libsqlite3-dev libspatialite-dev
If you need to create a kml, install package containing ogr2ogr exec from system package (GDAL).
In geocoder-api as root directory:
bundle install
# Download and build French KML boundaries
(cd contrib && sh ./osm2france+dom-geojson.sh)
Adjust config/environments files.
bundle exec rackup -p 8558
And in production mode:
APP_ENV=production bundle exec rackup -p 8558
The API is defined in Swagger format at http://localhost:8558/swagger_doc and can be tested with Swagger-UI https://swagger.mapotempo.com/?url=https://geocode.mapotempo.com/swagger_doc
The search can be done by full text free form or by fields. Prefer fields form when you have an already splitted address. For any form, the country is a required field, use a simple country name or code in two or three chars.
Search can be guided by proximity. Set latitude and longitude of an close location.
Retrieve the closest address from latitude and longitude position by GET request.
Unitary requesting convert only one address or coordinates at once using GET request.
Geocoding:
http://localhost:8558/0.1/geocode.json?&api_key=demo&country=fr&query=2+Avenue+Pierre+Angot+64000+Pau
Returns geocodejson (and geojson) valid result:
{
"type":"FeatureCollection",
"geocoding":{
"version":"draft",
"licence":"ODbL",
"attribution":"BANO",
"query":"2 Avenue Pierre Angot 64000 Pau"
},
"features":[
{
"properties":{
"geocoding":{
"score":0.7223744186046511,
"type":"house",
"label":"2 Avenue du Président Pierre Angot 64000 Pau",
"name":"2 Avenue du Président Pierre Angot",
"housenumber":"2",
"postcode":"64000",
"city":"Pau"
}
},
"type":"Feature",
"geometry":{
"coordinates":[
-0.367199,
43.319972
],
"type":"Point"
}
}
]
}
Reverse:
http://localhost:8558/0.1/reverse.json?api_key=demo&lat=44&lng=0
{
"type": "FeatureCollection",
"geocoding": {
"version": "draft",
"licence": "ODbL",
"attribution": "BANO"
},
"features": [
{
"properties": {
"geocoding": {
"score": 0.9999613672785329,
"type": "house",
"label": "1905 Chemin de la Lanne 40310 Gabarret",
"name": "1905 Chemin de la Lanne",
"housenumber": "1905",
"postcode": "40310",
"city": "Gabarret"
}
},
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {
"coordinates": [
0.001275,
44.002642
],
"type": "Point"
}
}
]
}
Batch convert a list in json or CSV format using POST request.
curl -v -X POST -H "Content-Type: text/csv" --data-binary @in.csv http://localhost:8558/0.1/geocode.csv?api_key=demo > out.csv