places

Places & Maps

Geocoding

Geocoding is a places & maps capability available through Mapbox, Google Maps, HERE and 1 more on Aweb. Convert addresses to coordinates and coordinates to addresses. Access it through a single unified API with automatic failover and intelligent routing.

Try GeocodingAPI docs

Best for

Highest quality

Mapbox, Google Maps

Premium tier

Contract

Max Latency2000ms

Providers (4)

ProviderScoreQualityPricing
MapboxDEFAULT
90premiumstandard
Google Maps
98premiumstandard
HERE
92premiumstandard
Radar
88premiumstandard

Quick start

Call Geocoding through Alfred — automatic provider selection, failover, and load balancing included.

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.alfred-ai.app/v1/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALFRED_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "places.geocode",
    "input": { "prompt": "Hello world" }
  }'

TypeScript

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Alfred automatically selects the best provider
const result = await alfred.execute({
  capability: 'places.geocode',
  input: { prompt: 'Hello world' },
});

console.log(result.output);

Orchestration pipeline

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Multi-step pipeline with automatic failover
const result = await alfred.orchestrate({
  steps: [
    { id: 'step1', capability: 'places.geocode', input: { prompt: 'Hello world' } },
    { id: 'step2', capability: 'llm.chat', dependsOn: ['step1'],
      input: { prompt: 'Summarize: $step1.output' } },
  ],
});

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