Mapquest geocoder and directions for Go (golang)

What does it do

• Returns a Longitude and Latitude for a given string query
• Returns an address for a Longitude and Longitude
• Returns directions between two or more points. (JSON or XML)

API Key

Get a free API Key at http://mapquestapi.com

Why MapQuest API?

Google Maps Geocoding API has a limitation that prohibits querying their geocoding API unless you will be displaying the results on a Google Map. Google directions is limited to 2 requests per second.

Install

• go get "github.com/jasonwinn/geocoder"
• import "github.com/jasonwinn/geocoder"

Examples

Geocode

 query := "Seattle WA"
lat, lng := geocoder.Geocode(query)
// 47.6064, -122.330803

Reverse Geocode

 address := geocoder.ReverseGeocode(47.6064, -122.330803)
address.Street // 542 Marion St address.City // Seattle
address.State // WA
address.PostalCode // 98104 address.County // King
address.CountryCode // US 

Directions

 directions := NewDirections("Amsterdam,Netherlands", []string{"Antwerp,Belgium"})
results, err := directions.Get()
route := results.Route
time:= route.Time
legs:= route.Legs
distance:= route.Distance
// or get distance with this shortcut
distance, err := directions.Distance("k")

Documentation

https://godoc.org/github.com/jasonwinn/geocoder