Search is a RESTful API designed for developers allowing single-line fuzzy search for addresses and POIs. Search assigns a latitude/longitude to a specific address, cross street, geographic feature, or point of interest (POI).

The Extended Search API currently consists of 3 services.

• One for electric vehicles: The EV Charging Station Availability endpoint which provides information about the current availability of charging spots.
• The remaining two provide rich data for the Points of Interest (POI):
  • The Points of Interest Details endpoint giving rating, price range, social media links, reviews, and photo IDs which can be used in the other end-point, Points of Interest Photos.
  • The Points of Interest Photos endpoint to expose images of the POI.

Use the following steps to get started.

1. Register/Sign in to the TomTom Developer Portal.
2. Request an evaluation API Key to access this service.
3. Read the API documentation and start coding.
4. Consider using the TomTom Maps SDK.

Here are some potential use cases.

• Search for an address, a POI (Points Of Interest), or a combination of both.
• Search for area, for example: "Chinatown".
• Search in the direction you are heading.
• Search for cross streets, for example: "Clay Street Drumm Street".
• Search for a POI near a POI or address, for example:
  • "Coffee near XYZ company"
  • "Restaurants on Main Street"
  • "ATMs near AMC Theater"
  • "Parking near 1234 Main Street"
• Search for available electric vehicle charging stations.
• Points of Interest Details
• Points of Interest Photos

This is a high-level view of our Search API and Extended Search API features.

• Fuzzy search, with optional:
  • Typeahead
  • Fuzzines level setting
• Freetext and structured geocoding
• POI search
• POI category search
• Geometry search, with:
  • Point and radius
  • Boundingbox
• Mature ranking, with Landmarks
• EV Charging Stations Availability:
  • Search for available electric vehicle charging stations.
• Points of Interest Details
• Points of Interest Photos