Mapbox Geocoding API
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min read
If you're developing a web application, the Mapbox Geocoding API is a powerful tool. It allows you to map features of any location. This geocoding service integrates over 160 data sources and provides address coverage in 39 languages. You can use the API to create custom map applications and more.
The Mapbox geocoding api allows you to easily find locations around the location of your user. All you have to do is pass it a location in the form of a Point object and the mapbox geocoder will do the rest. The location you provide must be formatted as latitude and longitude.
The Mapbox Geocoding API also offers a number of forward geocodes. This allows you to turn any text query into longitude and latitude coordinates. This is useful when the query results are biased or limited to a certain area. You can also specify optional query parameters that influence the results.
The Mapbox Geocoding API has a rate limit of 600 requests per minute. Once this limit is reached, Mapbox will return an HTTP error code 429. For more information on rates, you can visit the Mapbox website. You can choose from free and paid tiers. The free version allows you to make up to 2,500 requests per day and stores the results. If you want to use the Mapbox Geocoding API for more complex applications, you should consider the paid version.
Mapbox geocoding data is updated and improved continuously. Because of this, there's no guarantee of what values will appear on the map. This data may change, and new features may be added or removed. The format of the feature ID is also constantly changing, so you can't rely on the previous version's values.
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