photon-geocoder 1.0.0

A Python wrapper for the Photon geocoder

Photon Geocoder

Overview

Photon Geocoder is a Python library designed to provide efficient and easy-to-use geocoding capabilities using OpenStreetMap data. It offers a robust solution for translating addresses into geographic coordinates and vice versa.

Features

• Leverage OpenStreetMap data for accurate geocoding.
• Support for various geocoding queries, including address, city, and postal code lookups.
• Ability to filter results by specific OpenStreetMap tags.
• Asynchronous API for efficient network operations.

Installation

To install Photon Geocoder, run the following command:

pip install photon-geocoder

Usage

Here's a quick example of how to use Photon Geocoder:

from photon_geocoder import PhotonGeocoder

# Create a geocoder instance
geocoder = PhotonGeocoder()

# Geocode an address
addresses = await geocoder.query("Brandenburg Gate, Berlin")
print(addresses)

API Reference

The main class in Photon Geocoder is PhotonGeocoder. It provides the following methods:

• query(address, layers=None, osm_tags=None, limit=10): Performs a geocoding query.

Contributing

Contributions to Photon Geocoder are welcome! Please read our contribution guidelines for more information on how to contribute.

License

Photon Geocoder is licensed under the MIT License.