Introduction to Global Geocoding Services

The Global Geocoding REST API provides the following services:

  • Geocode—Takes a single input address or multiple input addresses and returns standardized US or international address and geocoding information.
  • ReverseGeocode—Takes a single input latitude and longitude coordinates or multiple input coordinates and returns address information for the location(s).
  • Capabilities—Returns the capabilities of the geocode service, such as the supported operations, the available country geocoding engines and the country-specific custom fields.
  • Dictionaries—Returns information about the installed address dictionaries.