Introduction
What is TomTom's Reverse Geocoding API?
The TomTom Reverse Geocoding API gives users a tool to translate a coordinate (for example: 37.786505, -122.3862
) into a human-understandable street address, street element, or geography. Most often, this is needed in tracking applications where you receive a GPS feed from the device or asset and you want to know the address.
The Reverse Geocoding API consists of the following endpoints:
Reverse Geocode
Translates coordinates into human-readable addresses.
CrossStreet Lookup
Translates coordinates into human-readable addresses and cross streets.
Common use cases
- GPS Fleet tracking / Fleet management.
- Delivery tracking / pickup and drop-off transportation service support (Ride Hailing Apps).
- Geo data analytics, for example: grouping data by post code/city or any other selected administrative unit.
Features
- Limiting result details only to the selected geography level (like a PostalCodeArea).
- Geopolitical views support.
- Cross street/closest intersection lookup.
- Basic speed limit restriction information for the closest road element (if available).
Getting started
Check these links to get started with the Reverse Geocoding API:
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How to get a TomTom API Key
When you use our location Service APIs, we need a way to identify that it is your application that is making the request to use the service (API).
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Reverse Geocoding with the Map SDK
One of the easiest ways to integrate Reverse Geocoding in your application