Search
Forward geocode: convert a text query (address, place name, landmark) into geographic coordinates. Results are ranked by relevance. Whenever you have any spatial context — the user’s visible viewport, last-known location, a prior result — supply focus.point.lat+focus.point.lon so common place names (‘Cambridge’, ‘Bath’, ‘Lebanon’) resolve to the one the caller means. Add boundary.country (comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes) when the search context is country-bound.
Authorizations
Your Footstep API key
Query Parameters
Search text (address, place name, landmark)
Maximum number of results. The top match is the strongest hit; ask for more only when you need disambiguation candidates
1 <= x <= 40Latitude to bias results toward. Supply whenever you have spatial context — viewport centre, last-known location, a prior result. Same-name places nearby float above distant namesakes. Pair with focus.point.lon.
-90 <= x <= 90Longitude to bias results toward. Pair with focus.point.lat.
-180 <= x <= 180Comma-separated ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes to restrict results (e.g. 'GBR' or 'GBR,USA'). Set when the search context is country-bound.
Comma-separated place types to filter: venue, address, street, locality, region, country