# Photon

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/komoot-photon/  
**Website:** https://photon.komoot.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Photon provides a fast, scalable, multilingual search-as-you-type geocoding service built on OpenStreetMap data and OpenSearch, offering forward and reverse geocoding via a simple HTTP API, with features such as typo tolerance, language preference, and result limiting, suitable for developers needing real-time location suggestions.

## Kin Score — 12.3 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 48.2 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 15.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |

## Security (2)

- **Komoot Photon Authentication** — 0 schemes
- **Komoot Photon Domain Security** — TLSv1.2

## Plans (1)

- **Komoot Photon Plans Pricing**

## Tags

geocoding, openstreetmap, search, typeahead, open-source, location

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/komoot-photon/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.