CoordiFindA geocoding API for your needs.
Coordinates from region name
This API lets you search region names in different languages and get information including coordinates. This API differs from "Coordinates from region point name" because all items that are included in this API describes an area and not a single point.
https://coordifind.com/api/geocoding/v1/coords_from_region_name
API Url parameters
q(required)
Your search query. You can use multiple search terms separated by a plus (+).
limit(optional)
Limits the amount of results.
attributes(optional)
By default, the server will search in all Name-attributes. You can specify other attributes (separated using +) to search in. (See attribute list in the sample result, excluding latitude/longitude -> use one of our other API endpoints).
Python
import requests
url = "https://coordifind.com/api/geocoding/v1/coords_from_region_name?q=Lapland"
try:
response = requests.get(url)
response.raise_for_status()
json_data = response.json()
print(json_data)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
Javascript
const url = "https://coordifind.com/api/geocoding/v1/coords_from_region_name?q=Lapland";
fetch(url)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error('HTTP error! Status: ${response.status}');
}
return response.json();
})
.then(jsonData => {
console.log(jsonData);
})
.catch(error => {
console.error('An error occurred: ${error.message}');
});
Based on data from https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
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