You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.
rmglennon a4832d0114 rename image 9 years ago
images rename image 9 years ago
.gitignore Stop tracking OSX .DS_Store files 9 years ago
LICENSE.md Add MIT license file 9 years ago
README.md 🔭 experiment to see if our README can be a symlink 9 years ago
api-keys-rate-limits.md Formatting fixes for doc generator 9 years ago
autocomplete.md update autocomplete doc for clarity 9 years ago
data-sources.md Add a blank line before bullets so it renders on doc pipeline 9 years ago
geocoding-tutorial.zip Update steps, add zip 9 years ago
get-started.md Update get-started.md 9 years ago
glossary.md Add section headings and add bold 9 years ago
http-status-codes.md Change absolute links to other md files to relative 9 years ago
index.md Update index.md 9 years ago
leaflet-geocoder.md rename image 9 years ago
place.md Fix some typos and other minor things 9 years ago
response.md Change absolute links to other md files to relative 9 years ago
reverse.md Update reverse.md 9 years ago
search.md Change absolute links to other md files to relative 9 years ago
transition-from-beta.md Formatting fixes for doc generator 9 years ago
transition.md Another symlink, so we don't break old inbound links to transition.md 9 years ago
use-cors.md Minor edits 9 years ago

README.md

Mapzen 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. 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.

Through a process known as geocoding, 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 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, you can search for places and match against Mapzen Search data in real-time.

Mapzen Search also enables the opposite workflow, known as reverse geocoding, 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 position on the map to learn which business is located there.