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# Mapzen Search [Mapzen Search](https://mapzen.com/projects/search) is a modern, geographic search service based entirely on open-source tools and powered entirely by open data. To start integrating Mapzen Search to your apps, you need a [developer API key](/api-keys-rate-limits.md). You might use this functionality in any app that has a geographic component, including ones that deliver goods, locate hotels or venues, or even provide local weather forecasts.
Geocoding service powered by [Pelias](https://github.com/pelias/pelias) and open data Through a process known as [geocoding](/search.md), Mapzen Search allows you to use natural language to find a particular place by entering an address or the name of a landmark or business, and then translates the result in to the geographic coordinates used by computers. Mapzen Search accesses [global databases](/data-sources.md) of place names and locations, but you can receive more locally relevant search results by limiting the search to a particular radius around a location (such as a cell phone), region, or country. With text [autocompletion capabilities](/autocomplete.md), you can search for places and match against Mapzen Search data in real-time.
These pages offer an introduction to the API and terminology used in Mapzen Search and the accompanying open source geocoder which powers it, Pelias. Mapzen Search also enables the opposite workflow, known as [reverse geocoding](/reverse.md), to transform latitude and longitude values in to a list of places. This process attempts to find the name and address of the place nearest a longitude and latitude pair. For example, you can click a postion on the map to learn which business is located there.
- [Get started](/get-started.md)
- [API keys and rate limits](/api-keys-rate-limits.md)
- [HTTP status codes](/http-status-codes.md)
- [`/search` endpoint: finding places](/search.md)
- [`/autocomplete` endpoint](/autocomplete.md)
- [`/reverse` endpoint: from point to place](/reverse.md)
- [`/place` endpoint: retrieving additional information](/place.md)
- [API responses](/response.md)
- [Data sources](/data-sources.md)
- [Loading data from the browser](/use-cors.md)
- [Terminology](/glossary.md)
- [Transitioning from beta to 1.0](/transition-from-beta.md)

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