Geocoding API

Geocoding is the process of transforming place names into geographical coordinates. Reverse geocoding works in the opposite direction, transforming coordinates into place names.

Our Geocoding Service is part of MapTiler Cloud and is available from the MapTiler API endpoint. The service requires a MapTiler Cloud API key, which can be obtained for free from the MapTiler Cloud account pages. Check out the pricing page for more information about what else MapTiler Cloud offers.

For more detailed documentation on how to use geocoding, have a look at these resources:

• Geocoding API reference documentation
• MapTiler Cloud administration page for Key management
• MapTiler Geocoding control package at npmjs.com

Geocoding Features

• Fast response times - for interactive search fields in forms
• Language choices - for localized outputs
• Regional searching - to avoid results out of the area of interest
• Proximity searching - to focus on your area of interest
• Fuzzy matching - to get results even when there are typos
• Reverse geocoding - to get coordinates from full addresses up to states

Autocomplete JavaScript component

You can easily create autocomplete search boxes using our prepared JavaScript component.

Read more about the JavaScript component at the Npmjs website, @maptiler/geocoding-control.

When using the autocomplete component, a new request is made every time the user input changes. The frequency of these requests can be tuned with theautocompleteWaitMsparameter when initializing the component (see the documentation).