photon-geocoder

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Photon Geocoder API

Open-source geocoder for OpenStreetMap data. Free public instance at photon.komoot.io (rate-limited) or self-hosted via java -jar photon.jar serve on port 2322.

When to Use

  • Converting addresses/place names to coordinates (forward geocoding)
  • Converting coordinates to addresses (reverse geocoding)
  • Building search-as-you-type address autocomplete
  • Filtering places by OSM tags, layers, or categories
  • Need free, no-API-key geocoding with multilingual support

Not for: Routing/directions (use OSRM/GraphHopper), map tile rendering, POI databases.

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