Geocoding function searches by geographic coordinates

20. 8. 2024

Geocoding Function (Geocode, Suggest) now also supports searching by geographic coordinates in various formats. Users can not only enter a text address or location name, but also type or paste geographic coordinates.

A wide range of text formats is supported, such as:

50.6795675N; 14.8752756E
N 50° 33.320 E 015° 07.766
40 N, 47 E
jtsk: 801310.09, 1077249.26
and many others

For the found coordinates, the function returns the same parameters as for other results (name, label, position, type=coordinate, regionalStructure…)

This behavior is not enabled by default. To activate searching by coordinates, you need to add the value coordinate to the type parameter (e.g., type=regional,poi,coordinate).

You can try it out, for example, in this tutorial or in the testing lab (don’t forget to add type coordinate).