Reverse geocoder (r:gedeocoder)¶
http://rels.goabout.com/geodecoder
The geodecoder relation indicates a templated link that can be used to find the nearest locations to a geographical point. This process is often called reverse geocoding or geodecoding. The link is found on the API root (p:root).
Example¶
{
"_links": {
"http://rels.goabout.com/geodecoder" : {
"href" : "https://api.goabout.com/geocoder/decode{?latitude,longitude,types,count}",
"templated" : true
}
}
}
A GET
request to the URL https://api.goabout.com/geocoder/decode?latitude=52.01760&longitude=4.36793&types=station
will return station locations near coordinates 52.01760, 4.36793.
Reference¶
The profile of the linked resource is Locations (p:locations).
The link template uses the following variables:
Name | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
latitude | The latitude of the search point. | |
longitude | The longitude of the search point. | |
types | A comma-separated list of locations types to return: address, station and stop. | all |
count | The maximum number of returned locations. | 5 |