Public search geographical location or address using Google Geocoding API: [reverse] geocoding.
npm install search-google-geocode##search-google-geocoder
Geocoding is the process of matching address with geographic coordinates.
Reverse Geocoding is the process of matching geographic coordinates with address.
Address geocoding Provide an address or location and receive potential Google geocodes.
Reverse geocoding Provide latitude and longitude coordinates and receive the known address information for that location.
javascript
// initialize geocoder instance
var geocoder = require('search-google-geocode');// request parameters
const ADDRESS = 'Kyiv, Khreshchatyk';
const LATITUDE = '50.45';
const LONGITUDE = '30.523';
const LANGUAGE = 'en';
// you can use Google options to manage result format
var options = {
language: LANGUAGE
};
// use callback to return result from geocoding process
function callback (error, result) {
if (error) console.log(error); // on error
else console.log(result); // on success
}
// address geocoding
geocoder.geocode(ADDRESS, callback, options);
// reverse geocoding
geocoder.reverseGeocode(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, callback, options);
``