API Docs - v4.0.4¶
Geo¶
geocode (Stream Function)¶
Geo code stream function
Syntax
geo:geocode(<STRING> location)
QUERY PARAMETERS
| Name | Description | Default Value | Possible Data Types | Optional | Dynamic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| location | location details(Street name, number etc.) | STRING | No | No |
| Name | Description | Possible Types |
|---|---|---|
| longitude | Longitude of the location | DOUBLE |
| latitude | Latitude of the location | DOUBLE |
| address | Location details | STRING |
Examples EXAMPLE 1
geocode("5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France")
This will returns the longitude and latitude of the given location with the location details. so the results are 48.8588871d, 2.2944861d, "5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France"
reversegeocode (Stream Function)¶
This extension transforms a latitude and longitude coordinates into precise address information. The output contains string properties streetNumber, neighborhood, route, administrativeAreaLevelTwo, administrativeAreaLevelOne, country, countryCode, postalCode and formattedAddress in order. However, these information are not available for all the geo coordinates. For example, if the latitude and longitude represent a place in a forest, only the high level information like country will be returned. For those which are not available, this extension will return "N/A" as the value.
Syntax
geo:reversegeocode(<DOUBLE> longitude, <DOUBLE> latitude)
QUERY PARAMETERS
| Name | Description | Default Value | Possible Data Types | Optional | Dynamic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| longitude | longitude value of the required location | DOUBLE | No | No | |
| latitude | latitude value of the required location | DOUBLE | No | No |
Examples EXAMPLE 1
reversegeocode(6.909785, 79.852603)
This will return the precise address information of the given location. On this case this will return "27", "N/A", "Palm Grove", "Colombo", "Western Province", "Sri Lanka", "LK", "00300", "27 Palm Grove, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka"