---
title: "Legacy Mapbox Geocoding v5 (`mapbox.places`), forward or, for a `lon,lat` query, reverse (see module docs). One standard unit."
method: GET
path: "/geocoding/v5/mapbox.places/{query}"
tags: ["mapbox-compat"]
---

# Legacy Mapbox Geocoding v5 (\`mapbox.places\`), forward or, for a \`lon,lat\` query, reverse (see module docs). One standard unit.

`GET /geocoding/v5/mapbox.places/{query}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.mapmap.ai`
- URL: `https://api.mapmap.ai/geocoding/v5/mapbox.places/{query}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in query parameter `api_key`

## Path parameters

- `query` string, required

## Query parameters

- `access_token` string
- `proximity` string
- `bbox` string
- `country` string
- `limit` integer
- `language` string
- `types` string

## Response `200`

Mapbox v5 FeatureCollection (`query`, `features` with `place_name`, `center`, `context`, `relevance`, and `attribution`) built from MapMap's own answers

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: `{message}`
- `401`: Missing or invalid key
- `429`: Quota or rate limit exceeded

---

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