discovery
Resolve a place name to a coordinate
Global place-name search over a locally built index, ranked by prominence with an optional bias point.
When to use: Look up a populated place by name and retrieve its coordinates.
When not to use: Use lookupPlaces for addresses, businesses, brands and mixed destination suggestions. Use discoverPlaces for businesses within a viewport, polygon or travel-time region.
get/places/search
Request
- Base URL: https://api.mapsource.io
- URL: https://api.mapsource.io/places/search
- Auth: HTTP bearer
Query parameters
qstring required
Place name to look up.
limitinteger
Maximum results.
latnumber
Bias results toward this point without excluding distant matches.
lonnumber
Bias results toward this point without excluding distant matches.
class'city' | 'town' | 'village' | 'suburb' | 'neighbourhood' | 'hamlet'
Restrict to one class of populated place.
Response
Resolve a place name to a coordinate
Changes
No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.