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A meta-geocoding API
Ed FreyfogleGeoinquiets - 2 July 2015
http://opencagedata.com@opencagedata
Problem
Where are we?
© OpenStreetMap contributors
41.39834, 2.12462
Barcelona!
Barcelona!
Sarrià
Barcelona!
Sarrià08017
Barcelona!
Sarrià08017
Spain
Catalonia
Jaume Piquet 23
Europe
BCN
placename long/lat
placename long/lat
forward
placename long/lat
forward
reverse
Yes!
Yes! but …T&Csexpensive at volume
OpenStreetMap
Yes!
Yes! but …not for high volume usevariable coveragehard/expensive to set up
Yes!
Yes! and …one API, many geocodersfree as in freedomdev friendly
You Geonames
and more
Open datause any map you like cache as long as you likefix itget creative
Win on dev friendliness
openclosed
easy
painful
41.39834, 2.12462
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Formatting "components" : {
"city" : "Barcelona", "city_district" : "Sarri\u00e0 - Sant Gervasi",
"community_centre" : "Casa Orlandai", "country" : "Spain",
"country_code" : "es", "county" : "BCN", "pedestrian" : "Pla\u00e7a del Xiprer", "postcode" : "08023", "state" : "Catalonia", "suburb" : "Sarri\u00e0"
},
Formatting "components" : {
"city" : "Barcelona", "city_district" : "Sarri\u00e0 - Sant Gervasi",
"community_centre" : "Casa Orlandai", "country" : "Spain",
"country_code" : "es", "county" : "BCN", "pedestrian" : "Pla\u00e7a del Xiprer", "postcode" : "08023", "state" : "Catalonia", "suburb" : "Sarri\u00e0"
},
“formatted” : "Casa Orlandai, Pla\u00e7a del Xiprer, 08023 Barcelona, Spain",
115 New Cavendish Street, London W1T 5DU, United Kingdom
223 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Rosenthaler Straße 1, 10119 Berlin, Germany
Via Pisacane, 13, 76121 Barletta BT, Italy
3 Upper Alma Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
We need your help https://github.com/opencagedata/address-formatting
Annotationstimezones time of sunrise/sunsetgeohash, MGRS, Maidenheadwhat3wordscalling codes
OS gridrefs
What should we add?All suggestions welcome
What’s next?leave beta, announce pricingmore formatting, annotationsfeedback loop to OSM
Start geocoding:opencagedata.com
Stay [email protected]@freyfogle (gladly IRL)
Other stuff
Like geo and in London?
See you at #geomob15th July geomobldn.org@geomob
Geo seed investing
Simplest way to communicate locations
Wearable, washable, all weather maps
Please get in touch if you are a location based service/geo start-up seeking seed funding
Ed Freyfogle@freyfogle
http://opencagedata.com@opencagedata
Thanks! Questions?
