Maps and geodata

21 services

Mapping services split into map display (tiles, styles and SDKs) and lookups (geocoding, reverse geocoding, routing and IP location). Mapbox, MapTiler and Stadia Maps focus on rendering maps; geocod.io, OpenCage and LocationIQ turn addresses into coordinates and back; GraphHopper adds routing and distance matrices. Many are built on OpenStreetMap data, and Nominatim is the geocoder of the OpenStreetMap project itself.

Quotas are daily or monthly request counts, and the unit differs between map views, transactions and geocodes. OpenCage and geocod.io each allow 2,500 queries a day, Geoapify 3,000 requests a day, LocationIQ 5,000 a day, and HERE 250,000 transactions a month. Stadia Maps counts 2,500 map views a day, and LatLng splits its quota into 3,000 geocodes and 300 reverse geocodes a day.

Check the terms as well as the numbers. Stadia Maps and positionstack limit their plans to personal use, and public OpenStreetMap services like Nominatim expect light usage and visible attribution. Some providers also restrict storing geocoding results, which matters if you plan to cache coordinates in your own database.

21 services

Clockwork Micro

Map tiles, elevation data and database-to-vector conversion APIs.

50,000 queries/mo

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Geoapify

Map tiles plus geocoding, places, routing and isoline APIs.

3,000 requests/day

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geocod.io

Address geocoding through an API or bulk spreadsheet upload.

2,500 queries/day

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geocodify.com

Geocoding and place extraction from text, through an API or CSV files.

10,000 queries/mo

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Geokeo api

Worldwide geocoding API that also corrects spelling and language in queries.

2,500 queries/day

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here

Mapping and location APIs and SDKs for building location-aware apps.

250,000 transactions/mo

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IP Geolocation

Geolocation lookups for IP addresses through a developer API.

1,000 requests/day

30,000 requests/mo

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LatLng

Geocoding, reverse lookup, places, static map images and vector tile APIs.

3,000 geocodes/day

300 reverse geocodes/day, 100 static maps/day

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LocationIQ

Geocoding, map tiles and routing APIs.

5,000 requests/day

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MapTiler

Hosted vector maps, map APIs and SDKs for map display.

4 map styles

Weekly tile updates

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OpenCage

Geocoding API combining OpenStreetMap with other open data sources.

2,500 queries/day

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opengeocoding.com

Source-available Rust geocoder for address lookup, autocomplete and reverse geocoding, hosted or self-run.

50,000 queries/mo

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positionstack

Forward and reverse geocoding API for addresses and coordinates worldwide.

  • Personal use

25,000 requests/mo

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Stadia Maps

Map tiles plus routing, turn-by-turn navigation and further geo APIs.

  • Personal use

2,500 map views/day

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waymorphic.com

OpenMapTiles vector tiles, MapLibre styles and geocoding APIs that need no API key.

  • No sign-up

No request cap (fair use)

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Foursquare

Places API and Pilgrim SDK for venue search, location discovery and context.

Limits not listed

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GraphHopper

APIs for routing, route optimisation, distance matrices, geocoding and map matching.

Limits not listed

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Mapbox

Map rendering SDKs and geospatial APIs for showing and styling map data.

Limits not listed

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Nominatim

Geocoder built on OpenStreetMap data for address search and reverse lookups.

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osmnames

Place name geocoder that ranks results by the popularity of matching Wikipedia articles.

Limits not listed

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