Geocoding API
POST Reverse Geocode
The reverse geocoding service allows a latitude and longitude to be converted to a location.
Note: For Reverse Geocode native language support to work, the client should pass a header parameter accept-language which takes ISO-2 country codes as its value with the request.
Resource URL
Resource Information
| Response Formats | JSON, XML, CSV |
| Authentication | Yes (Requires Key) |
| Rate Limited | Yes |
Request Parameters
| Request Parameter | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| key | The API Key, which is needed to make requests to MapQuest services. | Yes |
| outFormat | Specifies the format of the response. Must be one of the following, if supplied:
outFormat=xml | optional, defaults to json |
| callback | A JavaScript function name. The JSON-formatted response will be wrapped in a call to the supplied callback function name to provide JSONP functionality. This functionality might be needed to do cross-site scripting. See the Wikipedia.org entry for JSON for more details. Example: Callback callback=reverseGeocodeResult | optional |
Request Body
| Request Parameter | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| location | The latitude,longitude of the point to reverse geocode. Example: latitude,longitude "location": { "latLng": { "lat": 30.333472, "lng": -81.470448}} | Yes |
| includeNearestIntersection | Returns the nearest cross streets (intersection) to the given points.
"includeNearestIntersection": true | optional, defaults to false |
| includeRoadMetadata | Returns speed limit and toll road data, if available.
"includeRoadMetadata": true | optional, defaults to false |
Options Object
| Request Parameter | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| thumbMaps | This parameter tells the service whether it should return a URL to a static map thumbnail image for a location being geocoded.
"options": {"thumbMaps": false} | optional, defaults to true |
| delimiter | Specifies the delimiter used in the csv response
"delimiter": "|" | optional, defaults to none, only in effect if outFormat=csv |
Response Object
| providedLocation | The provided location properties passed in the geocode request. |
| latLng | Returns the latitude/longitude for routing and is the nearest point on a road for the entrance. |
| street | Street address. |
| adminArea6 | Neighborhood name. |
| adminArea5 | City name. |
| adminArea4 | County name. |
| adminArea3 | State name. |
| adminArea1 | Country name. |
| postalCode | Postal code. |
| type | Type of location.
|
| roadMetadata | Returns speed limit and toll road data, when available. |
| nearestIntersection | Returns nearest intersection (street pair) to a given point. |
| dragPoint | Is location a drag point? This option only applies when making a dragroute call.
|
| displayLatLng | A lat/lng pair that can be helpful when showing this address as a Point of Interest. |
| geocodeQuality | The precision of the geocoded location. Refer to the Geocode Quality reference page for more information. |
| geocodeQualityCode | The five character quality code for the precision of the geocoded location. Refer to the Geocode Quality reference page for more information. |
| linkId | String that identifies the closest road to the address for routing purposes. |
| sideOfStreet | Specifies the side of street.
|
| info | This field contains information about the response. The statuscode subfield is an integer return value. Refer to the status codes page for more details about our status codes and error messages. The messages subfield is an array of error messages that describe the status |
Example Request
POST https://www.mapquestapi.com/geocoding/v1/reverse?key=KEY
Example Request Body
JSON
{
"location": {
"latLng": {
"lat": 30.333472,
"lng": -81.470448
}
},
"options": {
"thumbMaps": false
},
"includeNearestIntersection": true,
"includeRoadMetadata": true
}XML
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<reverse>
<location>
<latLng>
<lat>30.333472</lat>
<lng>-81.470448</lng>
</latLng>
</location>
<options>
<thumbMaps>false</thumbMaps>
</options>
<includeNearestIntersection>true</includeNearestIntersection>
<includeRoadMetadata>true</includeRoadMetadata>
</reverse>Example Response
JSON
{
"info": {
"statuscode": 0,
"copyright": {
"text": "© 2023 MapQuest, Inc.",
"imageUrl": "https://api.mqcdn.com/res/mqlogo.gif",
"imageAltText": "© 2023 MapQuest, Inc."
},
"messages": []
},
"options": {
"maxResults": 1,
"thumbMaps": false,
"ignoreLatLngInput": false
},
"results": [
{
"providedLocation": {
"latLng": {
"lat": 30.333472,
"lng": -81.470448
}
},
"locations": [
{
"street": "63 City Hall Sq",
"adminArea6": "",
"adminArea6Type": "Neighborhood",
"adminArea5": "Boston",
"adminArea5Type": "City",
"adminArea4": "Suffolk",
"adminArea4Type": "County",
"adminArea3": "MA",
"adminArea3Type": "State",
"adminArea1": "US",
"adminArea1Type": "Country",
"postalCode": "02201-1001",
"geocodeQualityCode": "L1AAA",
"geocodeQuality": "ADDRESS",
"dragPoint": false,
"sideOfStreet": "L",
"linkId": "0",
"unknownInput": "",
"type": "s",
"latLng": {
"lat": 30.333472,
"lng": -81.470448
},
"displayLatLng": {
"lat": 30.333472,
"lng": -81.470448
},
"nearestIntersection": {
"streetDisplayName": "Posey Cir",
"distanceMeters": "851755.1608527573",
"latLng": {
"longitude": -87.523761,
"latitude": 35.013434
},
"label": "Danley Rd & Posey Cir"
},
"roadMetadata": {
"speedLimitUnits": "mph",
"tollRoad": null,
"speedLimit": 40
}
}
]
}
]
}XML
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<response>
<info>
<statusCode>0</statusCode>
<messages/>
<copyright>
<imageUrl>https://api.mqcdn.com/res/mqlogo.gif</imageUrl>
<imageAltText>© 2023 MapQuest, Inc.</imageAltText>
<text>© 2023 MapQuest, Inc.</text>
</copyright>
</info>
<results>
<result>
<providedLocation>
<latLng>
<lat>30.333472</lat>
<lng>-81.470448</lng>
</latLng>
</providedLocation>
<locations>
<location>
<street>12714 Ashley Melisse Blvd</street>
<adminArea6 type='Neighborhood'></adminArea6>
<adminArea5 type='City'>Jacksonville</adminArea5>
<adminArea3 type='State'>FL</adminArea3>
<adminArea4 type='County'>Duval</adminArea4>
<postalCode>32225</postalCode>
<adminArea1 type='Country'>US</adminArea1>
<geocodeQuality>ADDRESS</geocodeQuality>
<geocodeQualityCode>L1AAA</geocodeQualityCode>
<dragPoint>false</dragPoint>
<sideOfStreet>R</sideOfStreet>
<displayLatLng>
<latLng>
<lat>30.333472</lat>
<lng>-81.470448</lng>
</latLng>
</displayLatLng>
<linkId>0</linkId>
<unknownInput/>
<type>s</type>
<latLng>
<lat>30.333472</lat>
<lng>-81.470448</lng>
</latLng>
<mapUrl>
<![CDATA[https://www.mapquestapi.com/staticmap/v5/getmap?key=KEY&type=map&size=225,160&pois=purple-1,30.3334721,-81.4704483,0,0,|&center=30.3334721,-81.4704483&zoom=15&rand=-553163060]]>
</mapUrl>
<nearestIntersection>
<streetDisplayName>Posey Cir</streetDisplayName>
<latLng>
<latitude>35.013434</latitude>
<longitude>-87.523761</longitude>
</latLng>
<distance>851755.1608527573</distance>
<label>Danley Rd & Posey Cir</label>
</nearestIntersection>
<roadMetaData>
<tollRoad/>
<speedLimit>40</speedLimit>
<speedLimitUnits>mph</speedLimitUnits>
</roadMetaData>
</location>
</locations>
</result>
</results>
<options>
<maxResults>1</maxResults>
<thumbMaps>true</thumbMaps>
<ignoreLatLngInput>false</ignoreLatLngInput>
<boundingBox/>
</options>
</response>CSV
"Country","State","County","City","PostalCode","Street","Lat","Lng","DragPoint","LinkId","Type","GeocodeQualityCode","GeocodeQuality","SideOfStreet","DisplayLat","DisplayLng"
"US","FL","Duval","Jacksonville","32225","12714 Ashley Melisse Blvd","30.333472","-81.470448","false","0","s","L1AAA","ADDRESS","R","30.333472","-81.470448"