The OpenCage Geocoder

Talk delivered by Ed Freyfogle at SotM Catalonia 2015

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A meta-geocoding API

Ed Freyfogle http://opencagedata.com
SotM CAT - 3 Oct 2015 @opencagedata

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3. OpenCage Data

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A meta-geocoding API

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Where are we?

8. © OpenStreetMap contributors

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41.38218,2.19174

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Barcelona!

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Barcelona!

Barceloneta

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Barcelona!

Barceloneta
08003

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Barcelona! Catalonia
Barceloneta
08003

Europe

Spain

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placename -—— long/lat

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placename -—— long/lat

forward ——

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placename -—— long/lat

forward ——

—— reverse

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Yes! but...

x T&Cs
x expensive at volume

22. OpenStreetMap

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Yes! but...

x not for high volume use
x variable coverage
x hard/expensive to set up

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Yes! and...

y one API, many geocoders
Y free as in freedom
y dev friendly

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DATASCIENCETOOLKIT

YOU Mi
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Geonames

Quattroshapes

and more

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Open data

use any map you like

Y cache as long as you like
fix it

get creative

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Win on dev friendliness

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41.38218,2.19174

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© OpenStreetMap contributors

34. Formatting

"components" : {
"building" : "La Fabrica del Sol",
"city" : "Barcelona",
"city_district" : "Ciutat Vella",
"country" : "Spain",
"country_code" : "es",
"county" : "BCN",
"house_number" : "1",
"postcode" : "08003",
"road" : "Passeig de Joan Salvat Papasseit",
"state" : "Catalonia",
"suburb" : "la Barceloneta"

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35. Meere
Formatting

"components" : {
"building" : "La Fabrica del Sol",
"city" : "Barcelona",
"city_district" : "Ciutat Vella",
"country" : "Spain",
"country_code" : "es",
"county" : "BCN",
"house_number" : "1",
"postcode" : "08003",
"road" : "Passeig de Joan Salvat Papasseit",
"state" : "Catalonia",
"suburb" : "la Barceloneta"

},

"formatted" : "La Fabrica del Sol, Passeig de Joan Salvat Papasseit, 1, 08003 Barcelona,
Spain",

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223 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Rosenthaler Straße 1, 10119 Berlin, Germany

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Ed Freyfogle

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We need your help

https://github.com/opencagedata/address-formatting

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Annotations

y timezones

/ time of sunrise/sunset

Y geohash, MGRS, Maidenhead
y What3words

y calling codes

y 05 gridrefs

44. enter coordinates as lat, long

results for °41.38218,2.19174"

Results Map Rawrequest | Rawresponse

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"3 243857.334,
"3 5040473.683

8117/2.19061"

‘apparent : 1443764940,
“astronomical” : 1443759420,
“eivil" 1 1443763320,
“nautical” : 1443761340

»
“set”: {
“apparent” : 1443807060,
“astronomical” : 1443812580,

"civil" : 1443808740,
"nautical" + 1443810660

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What should we add?
All suggestions welcome

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What’s next?

Y leave beta, announce pricing
Y more formatting, annotations
Y feedback loop to OSM

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Start geocoding:

opencagedata.com

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Stay informed

y @opencagedata
Y blog.opencagedata.com
y @freyfogle (gladly also IRL)

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51. Like geo and in
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See you at #geomob
21st Jan
geomobldn.org
@geomob

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Geo seed investing

© net3words Simplest way to communicate locations

anywhere in 3 words

Wearable, washable, all weather maps

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Please get in touch if you are a location based
service/geo start-up seeking seed funding

55. Thanks!
Questions?

Ed Freyfogle http://opencagedata.com
@freyfogle @opencagedata