Can I geocode a partial address?

Yes. `geocode_address` accepts full or partial addresses, and the most specific input usually gives the best match.

How do I turn coordinates back into a street address?

Use `reverse_geocode` with latitude and longitude. It returns the nearest human-readable address with street, city, state, country, and postal code.

What if a search returns multiple matches?

The geocoding response includes an importance score from 0 to 1, which helps you pick the strongest match when more than one result looks plausible.

Can I use this for a list of addresses?

Yes. The tool is optimized for one address at a time, so for bulk work you call `geocode_address` once per address in sequence.

Address Geocoding — Addresses to coordinates

Address Geocoding converts between street addresses and geographic coordinates in both directions. Type in a full or partial address and get back latitude and longitude — or give it GPS coordinates and get back the nearest street address.

It's useful anywhere location data needs to cross formats: mapping workflows, logistics planning, enriching datasets with coordinates, or interpreting GPS output from devices and APIs. The geocoder handles everything from precise street addresses to landmarks and city names, and returns importance scores so you can pick the best match when multiple results come back. For US addresses it can also check the address against official US government address ranges, standardize it, and return its FIPS codes, census tract and block, and congressional district.

What you can do

Convert any address (full, partial, or landmark) to latitude and longitude coordinates
Reverse geocode GPS coordinates back to a structured street address
Get structured address components including house number, road, city, postcode, and country
US address validation: confirm a US address falls in a known street range, standardize it, and get state and county FIPS, census tract, block and congressional district
Handle bulk lookups by calling geocode_address in sequence for each address

Who it's for

Developers and analysts enriching data with location coordinates. Anyone building mapping or logistics workflows who needs to move between human-readable addresses and machine-readable coordinates. Useful wherever you have one format and need the other.

How to use it

Use geocode_address with any address string — the more specific, the more accurate the result
Check the importance score (0–1) in the results to pick the best match when multiple locations are returned
For a US address, use us_address_check to standardize it and get its census tract, FIPS codes and congressional district. A match means the house number is in a known street range, not that mail is delivered there
Use reverse_geocode when you have coordinates and need to display a human-readable address