have an example hot to verify that an adress (city, zip, street, but NOT name) exists?
jayjupdhig opened this issue · comments
have an example hot to verify that an adress (city, zip, street, but NOT name) exists?
thx for feedback.
kind regards,
jan
I'm not sure I understand what you wrote.
But checkout the tests - they basically document how to use this library...
@jayjupdhig
Jan,
If your addresses will all be confined to a small area (like a town), you could use this API to download and cache the whole town and do your searches offline. You would use the GetMap(Bounds bounds) function.
If your search scope is larger than a single town, then this API won't work for you. Other APIs for you to look at:
- USPS has the API you want for a small fee: https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?byaddress
- Search for things by name (or address) https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/ui/search.html
- A database of addresses https://openaddresses.io/
- An OSM query tool https://overpass-turbo.eu/
- Download entire chunks of the world for offline processing https://osm-internal.download.geofabrik.de/north-america
- Another way to download entire chunks of the world https://protomaps.com/extracts
Keep in mind that OSM isn't always reliable for things like addresses, depending on what area of the world you're working on. Also, all of these tools will have some limit on how much you can abuse their APIs. The more specific information you give me about your use-case, the better recommendations I can make.
ok thx