bigdatacloud-reverse-geocoding

Reverse geocoding browser-based typescript library, using free Bigdatacloud API

Features

• Connects with Bigdatacloud.com and using reverse geocode API for acquiring the location info.
• Using promises (no callback hell anymore)

Installation

$npm i -S bigdatacloud-reverse-geocoding

or

$yarn add bigdatacloud-reverse-geocoding

Usage (very clear and simple)

import ReverseGeocode, { ILocation, IGeocode } from "bigdatacloud-reverse-geocoding";
const geocode = new ReverseGeocode();
const location: ILocation = { lat: 33.23323, long: -76.33443};
const place: IGeocode = await geocode.locate(location);
console.log(place.locality);

Optional initialization

You can use options. There are four parameters:

| Name | Default value | Description | | ------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | | language | en | The language of the Bigdatacloud answer. This is the only parameter that you would normally use. new ReverseGeocode({language:"cn"}) | | api | https://api.bigdatacloud.net | The API host | |endpoint | /data/reverse-geocode-client | The API endpoint | | format | latitude=${lat}&longitude=${long}&localityLanguage=${lang} | The query string with placeholders |

Links

Bigdatacloud API