search-osm-geocode

search-osm-geocoder

General

Node.js module for geocoding and reverse geocoding.
Uses service Open Street map geocoding API (Nominatim tool).

Geocoding is the process of matching address with geographic coordinates.
Reverse Geocoding is the process of matching geographic coordinates with address.

Address geocoding.
Provide an address or location and receive potential OSM geocodes.
Reverse geocoding.
Provide latitude and longitude coordinates and receive the known address information for that location.

Usage Limits.

Installation

npm install search-osm-geocode [-S]

Usage example

// initialize geocoder instance
var geocoder = require('search-osm-geocode');
 
// request parameters
const ADDRESS = 'Kyiv, Khreshchatyk';
const LATITUDE = '50.45';
const LONGITUDE = '30.523';
const LANGUAGE = 'en';
 
// you can use Open Street Map options to manage result format
var options = {
  'accept-language': LANGUAGE
};
 
// use callback to return result from geocoding process
function callback (error, result) {
  if (error) console.log(error); // on error
  else console.log(result); // on success
}
 
// address geocoding
geocoder.geocode(ADDRESS, callback, options);
// reverse geocoding
geocoder.reverseGeocode(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, callback, options);