reverse: Reverse geocoding

API: openstreetmap.org:nominatim-api
Endpoint: /reverse
Response format: application/json +1 format
Charset: utf-8
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 336ms

Description

Search for the address of a location by its coordinates (latitude/longitude).

Parameters (14)

accept-language (string, query, optional)

Preferred language for results

addressdetails (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Include breakdown of the address into elements (0 or 1)

Constraints: {'enum': [0, 1]}

email (string, query, optional)

Valid email for identification

entrances (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Include tagged entrances (0 or 1)

Constraints: {'enum': [0, 1]}

extratags (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Include additional database info (0 or 1)

Constraints: {'enum': [0, 1]}

format (string, query, optional, default: xml)

Output format

Constraints: {'enum': ['xml', 'json', 'jsonv2', 'geojson', 'geocodejson']}

json_callback (string, query, optional)

Function name for JSONP wrapper (JSON formats only)

lat (number, query, required)

Latitude in WGS84 projection (required)

layer (string, query, optional, default: address,poi)

Comma-separated layers: address, poi, railway, natural, manmade

lon (number, query, required)

Longitude in WGS84 projection (required)

namedetails (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Include full list of names (0 or 1)

Constraints: {'enum': [0, 1]}

polygon_geojson (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Include full geometry as GeoJSON (0 or 1)

Constraints: {'enum': [0, 1]}

polygon_threshold (number, query, optional, default: 0.0)

Simplification tolerance in degrees

zoom (integer, query, optional, default: 18)

Detail level (0-18): 3=country, 5=state, 8=county, 10=city, 12=town, 14=neighbourhood, 18=building

Constraints: {'minimum': 0, 'maximum': 18}

Examples (3)

Reverse Geocoding openapi-spec

curl 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=52.5170365&lon=13.3888599'

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse",
    params={
        'lat': '52.5170365',
        'lon': '13.3888599',
    },
)
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("nominatim")
result = api.fetch("reverse", lat=52.5170365, lon=13.3888599)

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=52.5170365&lon=13.3888599");
const data = await resp.json();

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Reverse Geocoding openapi-spec

curl 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278'

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse",
    params={
        'lat': '51.5074',
        'lon': '-0.1278',
    },
)
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("nominatim")
result = api.fetch("reverse", lat=51.5074, lon=-0.1278)

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278");
const data = await resp.json();

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Reverse Geocoding probe-gate

curl 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278&format=json&addressdetails=0&extratags=0&namedetails=0&zoom=18'

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse",
    params={
        'lat': '51.5074',
        'lon': '-0.1278',
        'format': 'json',
        'addressdetails': '0',
        'extratags': '0',
        'namedetails': '0',
        'zoom': '18',
    },
)
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("nominatim")
result = api.fetch("reverse", lat=51.5074, lon=-0.1278, format="json", addressdetails=0, extratags=0, namedetails=0, zoom=18)

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse?lat=51.5074&lon=-0.1278&format=json&addressdetails=0&extratags=0&namedetails=0&zoom=18");
const data = await resp.json();

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Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

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2026-04-16 17:24:09.222908	200	336ms
2026-04-16 02:45:52.022852	200	613ms
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