# Pelias

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/pelias/  
**Website:** https://pelias.io  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Pelias is a modular, open-source geocoding search engine built on Elasticsearch that converts addresses and place names into geographic coordinates (forward geocoding) and geographic coordinates into places and addresses (reverse geocoding). Powered entirely by open data from OpenStreetMap, OpenAddresses, Who's on First, and Geonames, it is freely available under the MIT license and can be self-hosted or accessed via hosted services.

## Kin Score — 32.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 54.5 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 31.6 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **Pelias Autocomplete API** — Real-time type-ahead geocoding for user input
- **Pelias Forward Geocoding API** — Convert text or addresses into geographic coordinates
- **Pelias Place Lookup API** — Retrieve details for a known place by ID
- **Pelias Reverse Geocoding API** — Convert geographic coordinates into places and addresses

## Agentic access (1)

- **Pelias Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (1)

- **Pelias Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Geocoding, Reverse Geocoding, Geospatial, Open-Source, Elasticsearch, OpenStreetMap, Addresses, Places, Autocomplete

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