Overview
Discover Woosmap Localities, a unified suite of APIs for location search, geocoding, and POI discovery. Learn about core capabilities, integration options, and global coverage.
- What is Woosmap Localities?
- Four APIs Working Together
- Common Patterns
- Flexible Integration Options
- Global Coverage
- Try It Out
- Get Started
What is Woosmap Localities?
Woosmap Localities is a comprehensive set of APIs to integrate fast, reliable, and global location-based features into your applications, from address autocomplete to point of interest discovery.
Four APIs Working Together
Woosmap Localities is built around four complementary APIs:
Autocomplete API - Returns location suggestions as users type. Use it for search-as-you-type interfaces in forms, store locators, or any UI where users need to find a location quickly.
Details API - Provides complete address information for a selected location. Call this after a user picks an autocomplete suggestion to get structured address components, coordinates, and details for cities, postal codes, and other location types.
Geocoding API - Converts addresses to coordinates (and vice-versa). Use it for batch address processing, mapping addresses from your database, or finding addresses from GPS locations. Supports forward geocoding of cities and postal codes to coordinates, and reverse geocoding from coordinates to city/postal code information.
Nearby API - Finds points of interest around a location. Essential for store locators, “find nearby” features, or discovering restaurants and services within a radius.
Common Patterns
Most implementations follow one of these workflows:
Address input forms - Autocomplete → Details → Store complete address
Bulk geocoding - Import addresses → Geocoding → Map coordinates
Reverse geocoding - GPS coordinates → Geocoding → Human-readable addresses
Location discovery - User location → Nearby → Display POIs
Flexible Integration Options
Woosmap Localities can be integrated in several ways, depending on your project’s needs.
- REST API: The most flexible option for any backend, mobile, or custom application.
- Map JS API: The recommended solution for web apps, unifying maps and location search in one library.
- JavaScript Widget & SDK: Standalone libraries for adding address search to web pages that don’t use the Map API.
- Store Locator Widget: Customize the search behavior of another Woosmap product.
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Global Coverage
Localities provides worldwide coverage with enhanced data quality in key regions. See detailed coverage information for addresses, postal codes, and geographic shapes.
Try It Out
Experience Woosmap Localities with our interactive Explorer Map demo. Search for addresses, postal codes, cities, and points of interest worldwide.
Get Started
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