The document discusses a meta-geocoding API called OpenCage that provides geocoding and reverse geocoding services. It summarizes OpenCage's features like free and open access, integration with OpenStreetMap data, and an easy-to-use API. The presentation encourages providing feedback to help improve OpenCage's geocoding accuracy and expand its set of geocoding annotations.

1. A meta-geocoding API
Ed Freyfogle
SotM CAT - 3 Oct 2015
http://opencagedata.com
@opencagedata

2. About me

3. About me

4. Off to Barcelona

5. A meta-geocoding API

6. Problem

7. Where are we?

8. © OpenStreetMap contributors

9. 41.38218,2.19174

11. Barcelona!

12. Barcelona!
Barceloneta

13. Barcelona!
Barceloneta
08003

14. Barcelona!
Barceloneta
08003 Spain
Catalonia
Passeig de Salvat Papasseit, 1
Europe
BCN

16. placename long/lat

17. placename long/lat
forward

18. placename long/lat
forward
reverse

20. Yes!

21. Yes! but …
T&Cs
expensive at volume

22. OpenStreetMap

23. Yes!

24. Yes! but …
not for high volume use
variable coverage
hard/expensive to set up

26. Yes!

27. Yes! and …
one API, many geocoders
free as in freedom
dev friendly

28. You Geonames
and more

29. Open data
use any map you like
cache as long as you like
fix it
get creative

30. Win on dev friendliness

31. openclosed
easy
painful

32. 41.38218,2.19174

33. © OpenStreetMap contributors

34. Formatting
"components" : {
"building" : "La Fàbrica del Sol",
"city" : "Barcelona",
"city_district" : "Ciutat Vella",
"country" : "Spain",
"country_code" : "es",
"county" : "BCN",
"house_number" : "1",
"postcode" : "08003",
"road" : "Passeig de Joan Salvat Papasseit",
"state" : "Catalonia",
"suburb" : "la Barceloneta"
},

35. Formatting
"components" : {
"building" : "La Fàbrica del Sol",
"city" : "Barcelona",
"city_district" : "Ciutat Vella",
"country" : "Spain",
"country_code" : "es",
"county" : "BCN",
"house_number" : "1",
"postcode" : "08003",
"road" : "Passeig de Joan Salvat Papasseit",
"state" : "Catalonia",
"suburb" : "la Barceloneta"
},
"formatted" : "La Fàbrica del Sol, Passeig de Joan Salvat Papasseit, 1, 08003 Barcelona,
Spain",

36. 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1T 5DU, United Kingdom
223 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Rosenthaler Straße 1, 10119 Berlin, Germany
Via Pisacane, 13, 76121 Barletta BT, Italy
3 Upper Alma Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa

42. We need your help
https://github.com/opencagedata/address-formatting

43. Annotations
timezones
time of sunrise/sunset
geohash, MGRS, Maidenhead
what3words
calling codes
OS gridrefs

45. What should we add?
All suggestions welcome

46. What’s next?
leave beta, announce pricing
more formatting, annotations
feedback loop to OSM

47. Start geocoding:
opencagedata.com

49. Stay informed
@opencagedata
blog.opencagedata.com
@freyfogle (gladly also IRL)

50. Other stuff

51. Like geo and in
London?

52. See you at #geomob
21st Jan
geomobldn.org
@geomob

53. Geo seed investing
Simplest way to communicate locations
Wearable, washable, all weather maps

54. Please get in touch if you are a location based
service/geo start-up seeking seed funding

55. Ed Freyfogle
@freyfogle
http://opencagedata.com
@opencagedata
Thanks!
Questions?