# Pelias Documentation
Here is where you can find all documentation for the [Pelias geocoder ](https://github.com/pelias/pelias/ ).
## Table of Contents
### Core Features and API Documentation
#### Endpoint descriptions
- [Forward geocoding ](search.md ) (**/v1/search**) to find a place by searching for an address or name
- [Reverse geocoding ](reverse.md ) (**/v1/reverse**) to find what is located at a certain coordinate location
- [Autocomplete ](autocomplete.md ) (**/v1/autocomplete**) to give real-time result suggestions without having to type the whole location
- [Structured Geocoding ](structured-geocoding.md ) (**/v1/search/structured**) (*beta*) to find a place with data already separated into housenumber, street, city, etc
- [Place endpoint ](place.md ) (**/v1/place**) for details on a place returned from a previous query
_Not sure which Endpoint to use? We have a [page ](search-workflows.md ) for that_
#### Query parameters and options
- [Global coverage with prioritized local results ](search.md#prioritize-results-by-proximity )
- [Language support ](language-codes.md ) for seeing results in different languages
#### Response Properties
- [Confidence scores, match\_types and other tools for determining result quality ](result_quality.md )
### Data Sources
- [Pelias data sources ](data-sources.md )
### Running your own Pelias
- [Getting started ](getting_started_install.md ) Start here if you're looking to install Pelias
- [Pelias from scratch ](pelias_from_scratch.md ) More in-depth instructions for installing Pelias
- [Full planet build considerations ](full_planet_considerations.md ) Special information on running a full planet Pelias build
- [Service descriptions ](services.md ) A description of all the Pelias services, and when they are used
- [Software Requirements ](requirements.md ) A list of all software requirements for Pelias
### Pelias project development
- [Release notes ](release-notes.md ). See notable changes in Pelias over time
- [Development roadmap ](development_roadmap.md ). Plans for future improvements to Pelias. Read this to see what's coming and how you can help
### Misc
- [Glossary of common terms ](glossary.md )
