API Reference

Geocoding Nearby

GET

https://api.infoplaza.dev/v1/geo/nearby

Description

The Geo Nearby API returns the nearest known place (city, town, or locality) for a given geographic coordinate.

It is useful when you already have a lat/lon pair and want to resolve it into a human-readable place with metadata.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
lat	number	Required	-	Latitude of the center point
lon	number	Required	-	Longitude of the center point
radius	number	Optional	1000	Search radius, in meters
language	string	Optional	en	Language of the results, available values: nl, en, de, fr, es, it, pt, hr, cs, el, hu, pl, sv, tr

Response

Property	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the nearest known place (city, town, or locality).
country	object	Information about the country the place belongs to.
└─code	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.	minLength: 2 maxLength: 2
└─name	string	Full name of the country.

Example Request

curl "https://api.infoplaza.dev/v1/geo/nearby? \
     lat=52.02 \
     &lon=5.16 \
     &api_key=$INFOPLAZA_API_KEY"

Example Response

{
  "name": "Houten",
  "country": {
    "code": "NL",
    "name": "Netherlands"
  },
  "latitude": 52.02833,
  "timezone": "Europe/Amsterdam",
  "continent": {
    "name": "Europe"
  },
  "longitude": 5.16806
}