Mapquest geocoder and directions for Go (golang)

What does it do

• Returns a Longitude and Latitude for a given string query
• Returns an address for a Longitude and Longitude
• Returns directions between two or more points. (JSON or XML)

API Key

Get a free API Key at http://mapquestapi.com

Why MapQuest API?

Google Maps Geocoding API has a limitation that prohibits querying their geocoding API unless you will be displaying the results on a Google Map. Google directions is limited to 2 requests per second.

Install

• go get "github.com/jasonwinn/geocoder"
• import "github.com/jasonwinn/geocoder"

Examples

Geocode

  query := "Seattle WA"
  lat, lng := geocoder.Geocode(query)
  
  // 47.6064, -122.330803
 

Reverse Geocode

  address := geocoder.ReverseGeocode(47.6064, -122.330803)

  address.Street 	        // 542 Marion St   
  address.City 		        // Seattle
  address.State 	        // WA
  address.PostalCode 	    // 98104 
  address.County 	        // King
  address.CountryCode       // US 

Directions

  directions := NewDirections("Amsterdam,Netherlands", []string{"Antwerp,Belgium"})
  results, err := directions.Get()
  route := results.Route
  time:= route.Time
  legs:= route.Legs
  distance:= route.Distance
  // or get distance with this shortcut
  distance, err := directions.Distance("k")

Documentation

https://godoc.org/github.com/jasonwinn/geocoder