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SearchResults

Geocoding search result represented by a GeoJSON FeatureCollection where every item is a GeoJSON Feature with place metadata.

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Properties

Name Type Description
type string GeoJSON type identifier.
features array Array of geocoding result features.
query array Tokenized search query.
attribution string Attribution text for the geocoding data.
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JSON Schema

maptiler-geocoding-result.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api.maptiler.com/schemas/geocoding-result",
  "title": "SearchResults",
  "description": "Geocoding search result represented by a GeoJSON FeatureCollection where every item is a GeoJSON Feature with place metadata.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["type", "features", "query", "attribution"],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "FeatureCollection",
      "description": "GeoJSON type identifier."
    },
    "features": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of geocoding result features.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["type", "properties", "geometry", "bbox", "center", "place_name", "place_type", "place_type_name", "relevance"],
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "const": "Feature"
          },
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique feature ID.",
            "example": "municipality.46425"
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Localized feature name.",
            "example": "Paris"
          },
          "place_name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Formatted and localized full feature name including hierarchy."
          },
          "matching_place_name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A string analogous to place_name that matches the query."
          },
          "matching_text": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A string analogous to text that matches the query."
          },
          "place_type": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Array of feature type classifications.",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "continental_marine", "country", "major_landform", "region",
                "subregion", "county", "joint_municipality", "joint_submunicipality",
                "municipality", "municipal_district", "locality", "neighbourhood",
                "place", "postal_code", "address", "road", "poi"
              ]
            }
          },
          "place_type_name": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Localized type names matching place_type.",
            "items": { "type": "string" }
          },
          "relevance": {
            "type": "number",
            "minimum": 0,
            "maximum": 1,
            "description": "Score from 0 to 1 indicating how well the result matches the query."
          },
          "bbox": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Bounding box [west, south, east, north] in WGS84 degrees.",
            "minItems": 4,
            "maxItems": 4,
            "items": { "type": "number" }
          },
          "center": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Feature centroid as [longitude, latitude].",
            "minItems": 2,
            "maxItems": 2,
            "items": { "type": "number" }
          },
          "address": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Address number, if applicable."
          },
          "geometry": {
            "description": "GeoJSON geometry of the feature.",
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "type": "object",
                "title": "Point",
                "required": ["type", "coordinates"],
                "properties": {
                  "type": { "type": "string", "const": "Point" },
                  "coordinates": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "minItems": 2,
                    "maxItems": 2,
                    "items": { "type": "number" }
                  }
                }
              },
              {
                "type": "object",
                "title": "Polygon",
                "required": ["type", "coordinates"],
                "properties": {
                  "type": { "type": "string", "const": "Polygon" },
                  "coordinates": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                      "type": "array",
                      "minItems": 4,
                      "items": {
                        "type": "array",
                        "minItems": 2,
                        "maxItems": 2,
                        "items": { "type": "number" }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "properties": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Feature properties including country_code, kind, categories, and experimental fields.",
            "properties": {
              "ref": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "External reference for debugging purposes.",
                "example": "osm:r71525"
              },
              "country_code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.",
                "example": "fr"
              },
              "kind": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": ["road", "road_relation", "admin_area", "place", "street", "virtual_street"]
              },
              "categories": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "POI categories, only for poi type.",
                "items": { "type": "string" }
              }
            }
          },
          "context": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Hierarchy of containing places.",
            "items": { "type": "object" }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Tokenized search query.",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "attribution": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Attribution text for the geocoding data.",
      "example": "<a href=\"https://www.maptiler.com/copyright/\" target=\"_blank\">&copy; MapTiler</a> <a href=\"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright\" target=\"_blank\">&copy; OpenStreetMap contributors</a>"
    }
  }
}