Use Case

Geospatial & Location Services

Maps, geocoding, routing, and place data.

9 providers 22 APIs 7 declared variants

Working with location — geocoding and reverse geocoding, maps and tiles, routing and distance matrices, geofencing, and point-of-interest and store-locator data.

9 API providers on the APIs.io network offer geospatial & location services. The highest-rated are IPinfo, Amazon Location Service, positionstack, Amazon CloudSearch, Google Maps Platform.

Providers

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
IPinfoIPinfo is an IP address data and intelligence platform that provides geolocation (country, region, city, co...1 API68.9
Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Amazon Location ServiceAmazon Location Service provides location-based services including maps, places, routes, trackers, and geof...1 API59.4positionstackForward and Reverse Batch Geocoding REST API by positionstack (an apilayer product, owned by Idera, Inc.). ...1 API58.4Amazon CloudSearchAmazon CloudSearch is a managed search service that makes it easy to set up, manage, and scale a search sol...1 API55.0
Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Google Maps PlatformGoogle Maps Platform offers APIs and SDKs for maps, routes, and places functionality.3 APIs52.5Best BuyBest Buy is a multinational consumer electronics retailer offering technology products, services, and solut...6 APIs47.5ipifyipify operates two complementary IP APIs. The free Public IP Address API (api.ipify.org, api6.ipify.org, ap...3 APIs41.2Agricultural Statistics ServiceThe National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agricul...5 APIs39.5
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Bonneville Power AdministrationThe Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that mar...1 API19.0

What Providers Actually Declared

This use case is a canonical term. These are the free-text strings providers wrote in their own apis.yml that map onto it.

Compliance GeofencingCompliance and GeofencingFinding nearby businesses, restaurants, and points of interestGIS Data AnalysisGeospatial Cropland MappingGeospatial SearchStore Locator

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